Amazon.com LLC

Financial Services

SecurityEngineer,PaymentsSecurity

$136–184k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Security Engineer, Payments Security at Amazon.com LLC. Skills: Product Security, Payments Security, Threat modeling, Penetration testing. Develop technical understanding of products. Develop technical understanding of services”

What You'll Achieve.

Protect payment systems; Protect customer data; Promote best security practices; Develop secure payment products; Prioritize data protection; Raise security bar; Enhance security operations; Provide customer-centric experience; Keep customers safe; Build faster securely; Eliminate trustbusters

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Handle difficult challenges; Handle difficult problems; Make risk-based assessments; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in STEM, 2+ years application security frameworks, 2+ years identity and access controls, 2+ years incident response, 2+ years mobile security, 2+ years cloud computing and security, 2+ years AI security, 2+ years threat intelligence, 2+ years penetration testing, Experience with threat modeling, Experience with penetration testing, Knowledge of security technology, Knowledge of security concepts, Experience in written communication, Experience in verbal communication, Experience communicating with technical audiences, Experience communicating with non-technical audiences, Experience communicating with senior leadership, Experience in scripting, Experience in programming, Experience in security code reviewing, Experience with Python, Experience with Java, Experience with C++

Nice to Have

Experience with AWS services, Experience with other cloud offerings, Experience implementing security solutions, 1+ year Secure SDLC, Drive multiple security reviews, Provide security guidance

What You'll Do.

Develop technical understanding of products

Develop technical understanding of services

Develop technical understanding of architectures

Conduct architecture reviews

Conduct threat modelling

Interpret security tools results

Interpret penetration testing results

Provide advice on prioritization

Provide advice on vulnerability remediation

Provide advice on risk mitigation

Deliver documentation to stakeholders

Deliver metrics to stakeholders

Deliver documentation to business leaders

Deliver metrics to business leaders

Research attacker Tools

Research attacker Techniques

Research attacker Procedures

Maintain proficiency in security topics

Propose materials to raise security bar

Develop materials to raise security bar

Build innovative tools

Build innovative solutions

Build scalable solutions

Build innovative processes

Build scalable processes

Enhance Payments Security operations

Provide customer-centric experience

Analyze logging infrastructure

Analyze alerting infrastructure

Ensure appropriate coverage

Ensure appropriate response capability

Evaluate impact of security trends

Evaluate impact of security advisories

Evaluate impact of security publications

Evaluate impact of academic research

Coordinate responses across teams

Participate in security escalations

Support security escalations

Participate in on-call rotation

Collaborate with application development teams

Inspect application code

Fine-tune service design

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Application development teams; Cross-functional teams; Internal Payments ecosystem

Communication Scope

Verbal communication; Written communication; Technical communication; Non-technical communication; Executive presentations

Process & Methodology

Time management

Full Job Description

As a Product Security Engineer at Amazon Payments Security, you'll be at the forefront of protecting systems that handle financial transactions and customer data for millions of Amazon customers. Your mission? Fortify our payment systems and payment methods with impenetrable security measures. Amazon Payments processes millions of transactions every day across numerous countries and payment methods. Over 100 million customers and merchants send tens of billions of dollars flow through our systems annually. At Amazon Payments Security, we play a crucial role in promoting best security practices within the internal Payments ecosystem, as well as spearheading the development of secure payment products that prioritize data protection from their inception. A Security Engineer in Amazon will be strong in multiple security domains and 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. 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. The successful candidate must be one that can handle several difficult challenges and problems, can make risk-based assessments founded on data and facts. Additionally, the successful candidate will be: - Methodically empirical and experimental in approach and evaluation without being bound by over paralysis-by-analysis; - Work ceaselessly to improve knowledge of the security field, threat landscape, security intelligence, moving proactively toward prevention and detection of threats; - Be an enthusiastic learner and curiosity seeker, focusing on what can be done rather than hindered by notions of what cannot be; - Possess effective verbal and written communication skills, be passionate about sharing knowledge, tactics, strategy, as well as advocating

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