We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Annapolis Junction, MD, USA | Herndon, VA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
Join Amazon's elite Security organization as a Security Engineer within our Enterprise Protection Program, where you'll play a crucial role in safeguarding our company against insider risks.
As part of the Enterprise Protection Program, you will be at the forefront of evaluating, investigating, and mitigating active insider risks daily, while designing and implementing sophisticated detections and innovative tooling solutions. We are looking for someone who is passionate about "diving deep" and enjoys building creative solutions to complex security challenges.
In this role, you will also collaborate closely with legal and engineering teams to develop preventative security measures and architect enterprise-scale tools for rapid investigation and proactive threat detection. The ideal candidate demonstrates exceptional analytical skills, thrives in both independent and collaborative work environments, and excels at cross-functional partnership. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise security solutions while working alongside industry-leading professionals.
This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every six months.
Key job responsibilities
• Perform deep dive analysis of internal and external datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and activities indicative of insider risks;
• Collaborate with engineering teams to translate use cases into technical requirements, as well as develop, implement, and refine scalable security solutions to identify and mitigate insider risk;
• Assist with identifying and driving opportunities to automate and optimize insider risk analytics, tooling, and processes;
• Contribute to promoting security best practices for identifying and mitigating insider risk by fostering opportunities to collaborate with other EPP and Amazon Security teams, as well as external industry partners, and;
• Provide guidance to peers, managers, and senior leaders on technical direction and improvement opportunities for insider risk analytics, tooling, and processes.
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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.- Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language
- Experience with AWS products and services
- 2+ years of experience using internal and external datasets to analyze and identify trends, anomalies, and activities of threats
- 2+ years experience analyzing diverse and large datasets using SQL or other analytical tools- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of threat landscapes across the technology industry and government entities
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit
https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
