Security Engineer, Internal Audit

We are seeking a Security Engineer II to join our mission of protecting customer data and keeping Amazon secure. In this role you will be working to secure multiple Amazon businesses across the Devices, Media & Entertainment, Advertising, Alexa, and Corporate spaces. You will partner with world-class engineering teams to uncover vulnerabilities, design novel abuse scenarios, and assess large-scale security solutions across Amazon's products, services, and infrastructure. In this role, you will leverage your skills in vulnerability assessment, exploitation, penetration testing, and red teaming to identify and mitigate risks. Your work will span source code analysis, network penetration, and application exploitation. You will design, implement, and execute methodologies for security assessments of critical Amazon systems. You will be exposed to the full breadth of technology used across Amazon and its subsidiaries, influence security architectures, and communicate risks to Senior Executives. As AI accelerates development across Amazon, you will both leverage AI to enhance our audit capabilities and assess the security controls governing its use. This role requires technical depth coupled with the ability to operate independently and as part of highly-skilled teams.

In this role, you will leverage your skills in vulnerability assessment, exploitation, penetration testing, and red teaming to identify and mitigate risks. Your work will span source code analysis, network penetration, and application exploitation. You will design, implement, and execute methodologies for security assessments of critical Amazon systems. You will be exposed to the full breadth of technology used across Amazon and its subsidiaries, influence security architectures, and communicate risks to Senior Executives. As AI accelerates development across Amazon, you will both leverage AI to enhance our audit capabilities and assess the security controls governing its use.

This role requires technical depth coupled with the ability to operate independently and as part of highly-skilled teams.

• Key job responsibilities
• Lead independent security audits of Amazon systems, services, and infrastructure to assess whether security controls are effective
• Identify security risks through penetration testing, design reviews, threat modeling, and code analysis
• Investigate security control failures — determine why preventive or corrective controls didn't work, and drive root-cause resolution across team boundaries
• Assess security controls around Amazon's adoption of AI/ML technologies — including model access, training data protection, output integrity, and integration into development workflows — to ensure they result in secure customer experiences
• Build reusable security frameworks, runbooks, and rubrics that enable the team to assess new problem domains repeatably and at scale
• Communicate security risk findings and recommendations clearly to technical teams and senior leadership

About the team
Our security team executes independent assessments of the efficacy of Amazon's layered security controls. We prioritize security assessments of systems and processes that may impact foundational technologies, human safety, privacy and durability of customer data, and financial systems. We believe active tests are required to assess complex environments and emphasize custom tooling to enable safe operation at scale.

Basic Qualifications

• 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 a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
• Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
• Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks
• Knowledge of networking protocols, to include HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP
• Experience with AWS products and services
• Experience in scripting, programming, or security code reviewing in a common language, such as Python, Java, or C++
• Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, MA, Virtual Location
• Massachuset - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
• USA, OR, Virtual Location
• Oregon - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Virtual Location
• Washington - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually