Application Security Engineer, Amazon Application Security
Job ID: 2894951 | Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Amazon is continuously innovating new services and features for our customers. Our engineers invent, build, and sometimes break things to make them easier, faster, better, and more cost-effective. However, no matter what we’re building – from websites to web services, AR to AI, drones to devices – security is always our top priority. The Amazon Application Security team focuses on working with our builders to provide experiences that our customers can trust. That means constantly learning new things and solving complex problems to protect the safety, security, and privacy of billions of lives on a global scale.
We are looking for an experienced application security engineer to join the Application Security team. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to maintain a high level of focus and excellence in a growing application landscape. Passion and discipline around cloud computing is critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability.
Key job responsibilities
1. Application security reviews
2. Secure architecture design
3. Threat modeling
4. Projects and research work as needed
5. Security training and outreach to internal development teams
6. Security guidance documentation
7. Security metrics delivery and improvements
8. Assistance with recruiting activities
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
1. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
2. Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
3. Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Experience with AWS products and services
2. Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, vulnerability remediation, and network security
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