Software Development Engineer, Security Analytics, AWS Security, Sonaris

About the team

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.

Key job responsibilities

• Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation
• Develop everything from detection prototypes to internet scale systems to solve classic and emergent security problems
• Deep dive into data to differentiate benign and malicious activity
• Balance emergent security needs with the strategic advances we need to make the cloud safer for everyone
• Stay aware of threat activity by digging into industry reports and querying security telemetry to find indicators and trends
• Perform exploratory data analysis and your findings will be key to building the right security detections and mitigations
• Both write code for proofs of concept while also leveraging the talents of a multidisciplinary team to deliver operationally robust automated solutions

About The Team

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Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Understanding of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groups

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g., process lists, application logs, NetFlow) and networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Experience with analytic development for endpoint and/or network security

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.

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