Security Engineer, Amazon

Security Incident Response Team

Salary not provided
AWS
Python
Java
Go
Ruby
C++
C
Perl
Powershell
Unix
Junior and Mid level
Dublin
Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Open for applications

Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Open for applications

Salary not provided
AWS
Python
Java
Go
Ruby
C++
C
Perl
Powershell
Unix
Junior and Mid level
Dublin

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

To be Earth's most customer-centric company.

Role

Who you are

  • BS in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience
  • 1-3 years of demonstrated experience in areas such as incident response, systems security, network security, and/or application security
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, PowerShell, Shell scripting, Perl, Ruby, Java, C++, C)
  • Technical depth in two or more specialties including: digital forensics, malware analysis, network security, application security, security intelligence, and security operations
  • Understanding of security vulnerabilities, attacker exploit techniques, and their remediation methodologies

Desirable

  • Experience triaging and developing security alerts and response automation, conducting front-line analysis, and providing escalation support
  • 3+ years of information security experience
  • Relevant industry certifications from SANS, ISC2, etc
  • Strong demonstrated knowledge of Unix tools and architecture
  • Experience working as part of a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
  • Familiarity/experience with AWS services and security concepts

What the job involves

  • Amazon is seeking a qualified Security Engineer to join our innovative, high energy Information Security team
  • In this role you will work within the Amazon Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)
  • SIRT Security Engineers respond to security events, conduct analysis of threats such as malware and intrusion attempts, and provide security services to safeguard highly sensitive data
  • They 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
  • 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

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Insights

16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

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