Emerging Region Security Engineer Amazon
Herndon, VA

Job Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the largest Cloud provider in the world and our security teams solve some of the most challenging and interesting problems to effectively mitigate large-scale threats. Paramount to our success is ensuring that customer data is secure with AWS. As we expand globally and continuously innovate, AWS seeks an experienced security engineer to drive the future of corporate cloud security.

A Senior Security Engineer at AWS is expected to be strong in multiple domains will be sought out for advice on technical issues. Efficient time management skills are required along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty. A Security Engineer will proactively share knowledge across the AWS community and will be a key company resource in one or more of the core areas of security. They will lead security reviews of large Amazon projects while setting standards and defining best practices for AWS Security.

Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short versus long term security and business goals. They must also demonstrate resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact. Successful engineers in this role will regularly analyze their own performance with a critical eye. A broad understanding of the AWS business and its interconnections is required. This position will also provide training, advice, and mentorship to other engineers throughout AWS.

The successful candidate must be one that can handle several difficult challenges and problems, can make risk-based assessments founded on data and facts rather than older static based security paradigms, though being aware of the older best practices. Additionally, the successful candidate will

* Be methodically empirical and experimental in approach and evaluation without being bound by over paralysis-by-analysis.
* Be an enthusiastic learner and curiosity seeker, focusing on what can be done rather than hindered by notions of what cannot be.
* Work ceaselessly to improve knowledge of the security field, threat landscape, security intelligence, moving proactively toward prevention and detection of threats.
* Possess effective verbal and written communication skills, be passionate about sharing knowledge, tactics, strategy, as well as advocating for the project mission.
* Great logic and problem-solving skills.
* Commitment to Amazon's Leadership Principles: https://www.amazon.jobs/principles