Security Engineer, Identity and Access Management

The Identity and Access Management (IAM) Security team is seeking a Security Engineer to help protect and improve authentication and authorization across Amazon's Stores, Digital, and Other (SDO) organizations. The team invests in deeply understanding the different ways Amazon does business to devise strategies that meaningfully improve security posture while enabling business productivity.

What You Will Do

As a Security Engineer on the IAM team, you will work across multiple security disciplines to protect Amazon's identity infrastructure. A typical day may include reviewing threat models for new authentication flows, conducting security code reviews, writing and maintaining Python scripts to automate security audits, and consulting with business teams on passwordless authentication and SSO deployments.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You'll work on difficult problems independently, influence service teams, and drive security outcomes across teams. Data-driven decisions are important to us, and you will draw heavily on your experience collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data to create compelling communications to peer teams and leadership.

Requirements

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language experience
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Flexible work hours and arrangements
• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance
• Supplemental life plans
• EAP
• Mental Health Support
• Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage