Overview: The Security Engineer - AWS Security evaluates service design and architecture and performs in-depth security assessments to ensure applications and services meet high security standards before launch. This role works with senior engineers to identify issues, drive remediation, and verify that security requirements are met.

Key responsibilities: - Conduct design reviews for new and existing services, evaluating architecture documents and system designs for security risks. - Identify attack vectors and security weaknesses in application architectures through structured threat modelling. - Coordinate penetration testing to validate security controls and identify exploitable vulnerabilities. - Document, track, and communicate security findings to service teams with clear remediation guidance; verify fixes have been implemented. - Advise development teams on secure coding practices, authentication/authorization mechanisms, cryptographic implementations, and data protection strategies. - Identify and escalate high-severity issues through appropriate channels, ensuring timely remediation aligned with launch timelines. - Maintain clear documentation of review outcomes, security decisions, and risk assessments. - Leverage automated tools to support reviews and improve efficiency.

About the team: Amazon Security values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet all listed qualifications. If your career path is nontraditional, or includes alternative experiences, you are encouraged to apply.

Culture and benefits: Amazon emphasizes sec

Overview: The Security Engineer - AWS Security evaluates service design and architecture and performs in-depth security assessments to ensure applications and services meet high security standards before launch. This role works with senior engineers to identify issues, drive remediation, and verify that security requirements are met.

Key responsibilities: - Conduct design reviews for new and existing services, evaluating architecture documents and system designs for security risks. - Identify attack vectors and security weaknesses in application architectures through structured threat modelling. - Coordinate penetration testing to validate security controls and identify exploitable vulnerabilities. - Document, track, and communicate security findings to service teams with clear remediation guidance; verify fixes have been implemented. - Advise development teams on secure coding practices, authentication/authorization mechanisms, cryptographic implementations, and data protection strategies. - Identify and escalate high-severity issues through appropriate channels, ensuring timely remediation aligned with launch timelines. - Maintain clear documentation of review outcomes, security decisions, and risk assessments. - Leverage automated tools to support reviews and improve efficiency.

About the team: Amazon Security values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet all listed qualifications. If your career path is nontraditional, or includes alternative experiences, you are encouraged to apply.

Culture and benefits: Amazon emphasizes sec