Security Engineer, Platform Security (Firmware, Hardware, Virtualization), AWS Security

About the role

Description Help us protect not only the Amazon Security (AmSec) cloud computing environment but all of our customers as well! Since 2006, our great team at AmSec has been enabling our customers to bring great ideas to life in ways that aren’t possible in traditional IT environments. With AmSec you can flexibly harness compute, storage, security, and other services from across the globe as your business demands them. Amazon Security is on the forefront of many security issues for a wide variety of platforms and technologies including cloud services, Internet of things (IoT), identity and access management, mobile devices, virtualization and custom hardware, all operating at massive scale. Similarly, our highly collaborative team is committed to each team member’s growth as our business grows. As a part of the Secure Hardware and Foundational Technologies group, we help Amazon launch brand new products and invest in emerging technologies securely. We are looking for a technically deep Senior Security Engineer to help secure our foundational platforms such as OS kernels, virtualization, device emulation, firmware and hardware. You will be responsible for conducting security reviews, threat modeling, developing tooling that will help detect security issues at scale and hands-on security evaluations (pen-testing). The successful candidate must be comfortable diving into complex engineering discussions, and leveraging deep security expertise to ensure proper risk assessment and threat analysis is performed. You will provide crystal-clear technical direction and risk mitigation guidance for diverse engineering and business leaders at all levels. By applying your hard-earned years of practical security engineering expertise in projects related to enterprise networking, hardware-rooted security, operating system hardening, and cloud-scale administrative infrastructure, you will literally shape the future of cloud computing. You are expected to be strong in multiple domains and provide significant contributions to the IT Security team and to multiple groups throughout AmSec.

Responsibilities

• Conduct security reviews, threat modeling, and hands-on security evaluations (pen-testing)
• Develop tooling to detect security issues at scale
• Provide technical direction and risk mitigation guidance to diverse engineering and business leaders
• Shape the future of cloud computing through your expertise in enterprise networking, hardware-rooted security, operating system hardening, and cloud-scale administrative infrastructure
• Provide significant contributions to the IT Security team and to multiple groups throughout AmSec
• Develop elegant solutions to complex business problems and apply appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices
• Mentor more junior engineers and be a security thought leader for the organization
• Foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with discordant views
• Participate fully in the planning of the IT Security team's work and constantly seek opportunities for process improvement
• Have a deep understanding of at least one specialty for which you are a sought out resource (both within AmSec and by groups throughout Amazon), while having an understanding of the application of information security in a broad range of technical areas

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience in IT Security
• Experience in Security Engineering or Development of Security capabilities, supporting engineering projects from concept to delivery
• 2 years in two or more of the following technical categories:
• Virtualization security (Xen, KVM, QEMU)
• Hardware security (PCB, JTAG, UART, SPI, ROM, microcode, custom ASIC/FPGA)
• x86 and/or ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, Secure Boot, JTAG, PCIe)
• Security testing of compute platforms (Server, PC or Mobile)

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• Experience with AWS Services including EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS
• Knowledge of common security-relevant protocols like SSH, TLS, DNS, DHCP, NTP, or ICMP
• Experience delivering against a large organization's long-term strategy and goals
• Demonstrated understanding of crypto basics (encryption, signing, certificates, common algorithms)
• Expert knowledge of Windows, Linux, and hypervisor security (especially in cloud environments)
• Experience designing for crypto security (e.g. certificate handling and PKI, attestation, TPM/HSM)
• Experience performing Physical security testing at the machine level

Skills

• Strong troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills
• Ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include project and software development work
• Experience in multiple domains and providing significant contributions to the IT Security team and to multiple groups throughout AmSec
• Experience in Virtualization security (Xen, KVM, QEMU)
• Experience in Hardware security (PCB, JTAG, UART, SPI, ROM, microcode, custom ASIC/FPGA)
• Experience in x86 and/or ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, Secure Boot, JTAG, PCIe)
• Experience performing Security testing of compute platforms (Server, PC or Mobile)

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Schedule

Not specified