Security Engineer

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language
• 5 years security engineering experience in system, network, and/or application security
• 5 years experience developing vulnerability assessment tests with Python or Java
• 5 years experience improving accuracy of vulnerability detection mechanisms across a diverse technical ecosystem
• 3 years experience troubleshooting networking, operating systems, applications, or cloud services
• 3 years experience building cloud-based services
• Experience with AWS products and services
• Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
• Experience with AWS services
• Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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

What the job involves

• Embark on a Mission to Fortify Amazon's Defences as a Security Engineer II with the Vulnerability Management & Remediation Operations team!
• Amazon Security is seeking an experienced and innovative Security Engineer to join our Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations (VMRO) team in London, UK
• The VMRO team is responsible for discovering, assessing, triaging, detecting, and driving the remediation of vulnerabilities across the Amazon ecosystem
• Analyse public and private vulnerability disclosures and exploit code
• Deeply understand and assess the technical details and potential impact of vulnerabilities across Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications
• Investigate and triage vulnerabilities, identifying severity and the scope of potential impact to Amazon
• Support response and remediation efforts, assisting builder teams to fix their security issues in a timely manner
• Engineer high quality, scalable, and accurate vulnerability detection mechanisms
• Design and implement automation, tools and workflows to enhance our operations capabilities
• Be part of a global team and participate in periodic on-call responsibilities to ensure the continuous monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities