Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

SecurityEngineer,PlatformSecurity(Firmware,Hardware,Virtualization),AWSSecurity

$159–202k Austin, Texas, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Security Engineer, Platform Security (Firmware, Hardware, Virtualization), AWS Security at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Platform Security, Firmware Security, Hardware Security, Virtualization Security. Conduct security reviews. Perform threat modeling”

What You'll Achieve.

Protect AmSec cloud computing environment; Protect customer environments; Launch brand new products securely; Ensure proper risk assessment; Ensure threat analysis is performed; Shape the future of cloud computing; Provide significant contributions

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting; Complex engineering discussions; Complex business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in STEM, 2 years experience in two or more technical categories, Experience in Virtualization security, Experience in Hardware security, Experience in x86/ARM chipset firmware security, Experience performing Security testing of compute platforms

Nice to Have

Master's degree in Computer Science, Experience with AWS Services, Knowledge of security-relevant protocols, Experience delivering against long-term strategy, Demonstrated understanding of crypto basics, Experience designing for crypto security, Expert knowledge of Windows, Linux, hypervisor security, Working with physical tamper resistance techniques, Experience performing Physical security testing

What You'll Do.

Conduct security reviews

Perform threat modeling

Perform hands-on security evaluations

Provide technical direction

Provide risk mitigation guidance

Conduct security reviews for hardware

Perform penetration testing

Perform vulnerability research

Conduct security training

Provide security guidance documentation

Assist with recruiting activities

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Secure Hardware Foundational Technologies group; IT Security team; Diverse engineering and business leaders; Multiple groups throughout AmSec

Communication Scope

Technical direction; Risk mitigation guidance

Process & Methodology

Project management

Full Job Description

Help us protect not only the Amazon Security (AmSec) cloud computing environment but all of our customers as well! Since 2006, our great team at AmSec has been enabling our customers to bring great ideas to life in ways that aren’t possible in traditional IT environments. With AmSec you can flexibly harness compute, storage, security, and other services from across the globe as your business demands them. Amazon Security is on the forefront of many security issues for a wide variety of platforms and technologies including cloud services, Internet of things (IoT), identity and access management, mobile devices, virtualization and custom hardware, all operating at massive scale. Similarly, our highly collaborative team is committed to each team member’s growth as our business grows. As a part of the Secure Hardware and Foundational Technologies group, we help Amazon launch brand new products and invest in emerging technologies securely. We are looking for a technically deep Senior Security Engineer to help secure our foundational platforms such as OS kernels, virtualization, device emulation, firmware and hardware. You will be responsible for conducting security reviews, threat modeling, developing tooling that will help detect security issues at scale and hands-on security evaluations (pen-testing). The successful candidate must be comfortable diving into complex engineering discussions, and leveraging deep security expertise to ensure proper risk assessment and threat analysis is performed. You will provide crystal-clear technical direction and risk mitigation guidance for diverse engineering and business leaders at all levels. By applying your hard-earned years of practical security engineering expertise in projects related to enterprise networking, hardware-rooted security, operating system hardening, and cloud-scale administrative infrastructure, you will literally shape the future of cloud computing. You are expected to be strong in multiple domains and provide

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