Security Engineer II, Ads Security
About the role
The Ads Security organization at Amazon is dedicated to creating innovative technical solutions that detect, assess, and mitigate security risks within Amazon's Advertising businesses. Our vision is to accelerate the development velocity of the Advertising business by ensuring that our products are inherently secure. We are seeking a talented engineer to join our team, where you will have the opportunity to contribute to securing web applications and services critical to delivering exceptional customer and partner experiences at scale in Amazon Ads.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate directly with service and platform owners to advise on security best practices and tool implementation.
- Perform comprehensive security assessments on SaaS implementations, data management systems, and reporting frameworks being used internally by Amazon Ads teams or externally by Amazon Ads customers.
- Coordinate and oversee penetration testing activities for platforms and tools.
- Identify security risks, report findings, and recommend solutions for complex security issues by leveraging existing set of detections and/or design new detections within Amazon's various security detection frameworks.
- Contribute to fostering a strong security culture at Amazon through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- Engage in cross-team projects aimed at enhancing the security posture of Amazon and customer data throughout its lifecycle.
A day in the life
Activities in this role include:
- Identifying security issues and risks, review & approve mitigation plans for Ads products.
- Influencing product teams and senior leadership to implement practices that maintain a high security bar.
- Advising teams developing products on the correct components that deliver security features like key management, authentication, encryption, etc.
- Proposing, collaborating & obtaining buy-in on strategic security initiatives.
- Recommending and developing security-focused tools that help product teams prevent security misconfigurations & vulnerabilities in the design & implementation of features.
- Developing and interpreting security policies and procedures to form security requirements.
- Developing training that promotes general security awareness and informs developers on how to discover & mitigate security vulnerabilities in their products.
- Deciding which new security tooling and strategies should be pursued for scalable security in service development.
- Supporting incident response activities as a security subject matter expert.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- 5+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
- Knowledge of network and web related protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP or equivalent
About the team
Diverse Experiences: Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security? 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.
Inclusive Team Culture: In Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career Growth: We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance: We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
Pay
- USA, CA, Sunnyvale: $166,600.00 - $212,800.00 USD annually
- USA, WA, BELLEVUE: $159,300.00 - $202,400.00 USD annually
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs) included
- Final compensation determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave