Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security, Cloud User Experience
About the role
Amazon Security is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to provide technical leadership and direction for the team responsible for the governance of AWS usage across Amazon's cloud footprint. This team builds and operates highly-scalable and foundational systems for accessing and securing Amazon's cloud workloads. The products built by this team are used across all business verticals in Amazon, giving you the unique opportunity to have company-wide influence.
Key job responsibilities
- Architect and develop systems and processes for operating the largest enterprise multi-account AWS footprint.
- Implement preventive controls and guardrails within AWS accounts and AWS Organizations to enforce standardization and prevent policy violations related to security groups, IAM, networking, logging, etc.
- Architect for high availability, scalability, observability, and disaster recovery in the context of AWS governance tooling and processes.
- Evangelize cloud governance best practices and drive improvements to our multi-account strategy as AWS service offerings evolve.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Mentor other engineers on the team and promote best practices in software design, testing, operational excellence, and secure coding.
A day in the life
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.
About the team
As a Security Engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing novel services. In a given day, you might be inspecting an application’s code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service.
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
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.
Basic Qualifications
- 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 3+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 1+ years of Object Oriented Design experience
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience