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Amazon Senior Security Engineer, D&S Pentesting in New York City, New York
Description
Come join our offensive security team dedicated to the detection and exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Amazon consumer devices. This includes performing low-level reviews of hardware, bootloaders, radios, secure enclaves, or OS security features of devices, service reviews including authentication mechanisms, AI, mobile, & web apps. Engineers are also encouraged to experiment with automated techniques, such as symbolic execution, fuzzing, machine learning, or static analysis.
In this role, you will be part of a dedicated team of talented security engineers performing penetration testing exercises to identify vulnerabilities. You will strive to understand systems, software, and services deeply and develop creative ways to break assumptions in order to find vulnerabilities. You care deeply about keeping Amazon customers safe and therefore are passionate about mitigating vulnerabilities/risks by providing actionable guidance to product teams and drive long term security improvements. You're well-known for your excellent prioritization skills as well as your ability to communicate at all levels of an organization. If you're passionate about finding security bugs, writing tools to reduce manual testing, and enjoy seeing your work's impact across Amazon consumer products and services, then this position is for you. Candidates from entry to senior level will all be considered.
Key job responsibilities
Perform penetration testing exercises across all products, services, and software released by Amazon Lab126 and develop proof of concept exploits.
Perform vulnerability research using variety of custom tooling and technologies (e.g. symbolic execution, static analyzers, fuzzers, scanners, machine learning, etc).
Create tools for the discovery of vulnerabilities as well as scale security testing.
Review technical solutions to provide guidance to help mitigate security vulnerabilities as well as provide actionable long-term risk mitigation guidance to drive security improvements.
Develop detailed technical documentation describing identified vulnerabilities, associated impact as well as recommendations for guidance for communication with internal engineering stakeholders as well as leadership.
A day in the life
Perform pentests on yet-to-be-released devices or software ensuring it meets security requirements
Perform code review of a driver for a new device being launched to our customers
Write proof-of-concept code to demonstrate the impact of a security issue
Raise the security bar of vendor-provided hardware (such as whether there are security flaws in its boot process, etc.)
Verify the code fixes made to address security issues
Develop scripts or tools to automate assessments of targets
Conduct independent vulnerability research on launched products or dependencies
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
New York City, NY, USA | Virtual Location - USA
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of experience in a penetration testing or similar offensive security role
5+ years of professional experience with security engineering practices, including: web application security, network security, authentication and authorization protocols, cryptography, automation, and other software security disciplines
4+ years of experience with code auditing interpreted or compiled languages (e.g. C/C++, Java, Python, Ruby, .NET)
Experience with threat modeling, design review, or other threat analysis techniques
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with testing low level firmware and hardware
Experience with applying and assessing Machine Learning technologies
Knowledge of cloud service providers and their offerings, preferably AWS, and its various technologies and services
Experience in various security domains (e.g. system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, application security, incident response)
Experience in developing security tooling and automation applying cutting edge technologies such as symbolic execution, code analysis, and fuzzing
Published security research (e.g. conference presentations, whitepapers, blog posts)
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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 $247,600/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.