Amazon.com Services LLC

Financial Services

Sr.SecurityEngineer,Delivery&Automation,PaymentsSecurity

$136–213k Herndon, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Sr. Security Engineer, Delivery & Automation, Payments Security at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Security Engineering, Delivery, Automation, Payments Security. Deliver solutions enabling secure Payments launches. Solve technical problems”

What You'll Achieve.

Reduce manual processes; Scale security; Deliver results in fast paced environment; Prevent security problems; Detect security problems; Address detected security problems; Reduce road blocks; Show effectiveness of security initiatives; Streamline manual processes

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Solve technical problems; Handle difficult challenges; Handle problems; Risk-based assessments

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience, 3+ years Security Engineering experience, 3+ years experience with security analysis on cloud services, 3+ years of programming experience with Python, Java, or C++, 2+ years of experience contributing to architecture and design of cloud services

Nice to Have

MS in Computer Security, Computer Science, Networking, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or 10+ years’ equivalent experience, 8+ years experience with security architecture, 8+ years experience with system architecture and design, 8+ years experience with threat modeling, 8+ years experience with incident handling/response, 8+ years experience with reverse engineering, 8+ years experience with malware analysis, 8+ years experience with adversary methodologies, 8+ years experience with threat intelligence, Extensive knowledge of computing security issues, Extensive knowledge of threat vectors, 8+ years delivery experience with AWS products and services, Experience with cross-organizational collaboration, Experience with creation of remediation plans, Experience with roadmaps, Experience with reporting, Experience with strategic planning documents

What You'll Do.

Deliver solutions enabling secure Payments launches

Solve technical problems

Deliver automated solutions

Reduce manual processes

Make technical trade-offs

Make risk-based assessments

Improve knowledge of security field

Improve knowledge of threat landscape

Improve knowledge of security intelligence

Prevent security problems

Detect security problems

Simplify manual processes through automation

Enable Software Engineers to build securely

Evangelize security within Amazon.com

Advocate for customer trust

Deliver effectively reducing road blocks

Show effectiveness of security initiatives

Streamline manual processes

Work with service and software development teams

Identify threats throughout SDLC

Identify vulnerabilities throughout SDLC

Provide guidance on building securely

Identify and prioritize security problems

Develop detection prototypes

Enhance tool-set for static analysis

Enhance tool-set for dynamic analysis

Work with builders and service teams

Address detected security problems

Identify opportunities to prevent security problems

Develop prototypes to prevent security problems

Document security guidance

Provide security guidance

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Service teams; Software development teams; Builders; Service teams

Communication Scope

Verbal communication; Written communication; Sharing knowledge; Advocating for project

Process & Methodology

Roadmaps, Strategic planning

Full Job Description

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 through our systems annually. We are re-inventing the vision of our platform to provide our internal and external clients the best payment gateway service, benchmarked against the top external alternatives. Paramount to our success is ensuring that customer data is secure across Amazon Payments products and services. At the Payments Security Solutions Delivery Team, we help deliver solutions that enable secure Payments launches and innovation. A Senior Security Engineer will be strong in multiple security domains and sought out for their ability to solve technical problems and deliver solutions. Proficiency in multiple coding languages and expertise in delivering automated solutions to reduce manual processes and scale security are critical for success of the engineer and team. Efficient time management skills are required along with the ability to deliver results in a fast paced environment. 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 communicatio

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