Security is our highest priority at AWS. As an AWS customer, you benefit from an environment built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. You will help secure that environment for our customers while working on security products for a variety of platforms and technologies, all operating at massive scale.

We are looking for an experienced security engineering leader with an ability to scale security and make the right trade-off decisions that enable us to offer secure, innovative solutions to customers. As a Principal Security Engineer, you help evolve our Threat Intelligence and Network Security Services (such as WAF, BOTS, DDoS Protection) to protect against the ever changing attack landscape - in terms of using AI for Security and Security for AI workloads.

In this role you will make high-judgement security decisions that impact every AWS customer. You will coach and inspire more junior security engineers enabling them to make better decisions. We are looking for a leader that's passionate about the potential of Generative AI, and building a high performing software engineering team. Ideally you have a track record of raising the security bar for high quality technology products and services, in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive outcomes and excellence with a strong team.

Key job responsibilities
· Building scalable security services that protect our customer workloads against emerging threats

· Offering recommendations and fine-tuning findings to enhance threat mitigations, ensuring robust security measures are in place.

· Owning the definition of best practices for the software development lifecycle used by junior engineers, including its design, implementation, testing, and operational characteristics.

· Delivering meaningful security metrics to stakeholders and continuously improving the metrics for better insight into the security landscape.

· Communicating with influential customers to both explain the technology and understand requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in delivering cyber security solution to external customers.
• Demonstrated experience creating effective security strategies that balance prevention and detection, drive risk reduction and mitigation.
• Hands-on security engineering and software development role. Comfortable with shipping production code.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or other related discipline
• Experience with gathering/developing Threat Intelligence, and leveraging those into building customer facing services.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 144,100.00 - 194,900.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 144,100.00 - 194,900.00 USD annually