Job Description

Job ID: 2772672 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Do you enjoy finding unique security issues? Do you enjoy protecting customers at scale? Do you enjoy mentoring and leading engineers to solve problems? On the AWS Penetration Testing team, as a Senior Penetration Testing Engineer you will be responsible for the delivery of continuous assessments. You will be asked to solve complex technology problems, build tools to automate your way out of manual efforts, and influence the way Amazon services respond to and mitigate threats.

Our team is responsible for the manual assessment of all products, services and software released by AWS. We specialize in digging deep to find security issues that static analysis tools can’t, and write the tooling to help with these goals whenever possible. The AWS surface area is large and diverse, and we use results found in manual analysis to help improve our enterprise-wide automation to proactively spot and fix potential security issues to protect customers.

We are looking for a Senior Penetration Testing Engineer to help ensure our services, applications, and websites are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. You will be responsible for application and/or hardware penetration testing. You will be responsible for automating repetitive tasks using various scripting languages. You will be responsible for mentoring and leading other engineers to deliver complex penetration tests and vulnerability assessments. You will be expected to drive automation, tooling, efficiency and advance the team's penetration testing capabilities. You will be responsible for influencing Amazon services through the creation of threat mitigation plans. You will work directly with internal teams to solve challenging software and security problems.

Key job responsibilities

1. Perform penetration testing complex proprietary software and hardware for AWS services
2. Manually audit the source code of web services and software authored in house by Amazon
3. Write proof of concept code to demonstrate the severity of a potential security issue
4. Provide clear communication on issues to developers that suggest and help to test the fix
5. Partner with AWS developers to drive improvement in application security as a result of security review engagements
6. Provide actionable long-term risk mitigation guidance to internal and external stakeholders
7. Conduct independent vulnerability research pertaining to AWS relevant technologies

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with micro-service, API-based agent, or service-oriented software architectures.
- Operations experience with CI/CD or managing distributed systems
- Experience with multiple programming languages
- Experience with bug hunting, bug bounties, capture the flag, software development
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
- Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Posted: October 18, 2024

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.

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