Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking a qualified Security Engineer to join our innovative, high energy Amazon Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). As a SIRT Security Engineer you respond to security events, conduct analysis of threats such as malware and intrusion attempts, and provide security services to safeguard highly sensitive data.

The SIRT Security Engineers work hands-on with detection systems and vulnerability analysis tools to respond to potential threats to Amazon systems. SIRT Security Engineers are unique individuals prepared to relentlessly resolve security issues by gathering and analyzing event data and conducting root-cause analysis.

With your technical expertise, you will be solving security challenges at scale, working to protect the applications powering the most sophisticated e-commerce platform ever built. We value broad and deep technical knowledge, specifically in the fields of forensics, malware analysis, network security, application security, threat hunting, and threat intelligence.

Key job responsibilities
- Responding to security incidents, and coordinating a cohesive response involving multiple teams across Amazon.
- Providing security engineering solutions and support during customer-facing incidents, proactively considering the prevention of similar incidents from occurring in the future.
- Assisting in the development of pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
- Identifying and recommending solutions that improve or expand Amazon’s incident response capabilities.
- Working alongside and mentoring Information Security engineers to improve security, reduce and quickly address risk.
- Evaluating the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research to Amazon, coordinating response as necessary across affected teams.
- Keeping your knowledge and skills current with the rapidly changing threat landscape.
- Participating in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience scripting with Python, Perl, Bash or PowerShell
- Experience with common security monitoring, log analysis and forensic tools
- Experience triaging and developing security alerts and response automation, conducting front-line analysis, and providing escalation support
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline with 1+ years’ experience (OR 3+ years without degree) as part of a computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) or Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT)

Job Tags

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