Senior Security Intelligence Engineer, Customer Ecosystems; ACES Intelligence

Senior Security Intelligence Engineer, Amazon Customer Ecosystems (ACES) Intelligence

The Amazon Customer Ecosystems (ACES) team, part of Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI), is responsible for developing actionable intelligence on advanced cyber threats to Amazon ecosystems such as AWS, Ads and LEO their customers. We obtain indicators and other intelligence from a variety of internal and external sources and use that information to develop an understanding of sophisticated actors and their tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

We leverage that understanding to proactively identify and mitigate malicious activity.

• Perform deep dive analysis of malicious artifacts.
• Analyze large and unstructured data sets to discover new threats, uncover trends, and identify anomalies indicative of malicious activities.
• Create security techniques and automation for internal use that enable you and others to operate at high speed and broad scale.
• Develop and use generative AI and agentic workflows to scale yourself and others' analytical capabilities.
• Contribute to Amazon's understanding of the current threat landscape and the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with specific threats.
• Draft and publish finished written threat intelligence products based on findings.
• Periodic on-call responsibilities.

• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
• 2+ years of professional work experience, or experience in SQL or other relational databases
• BS degree in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems (MIS), Computer Engineering, or similar degree, or 5+ years equivalent technology experience without a degree
• 5 years experience with tracking high‑sophistication cyber threat groups
• 5 years experience across system security, network security, application security, and/or digital forensics
• 4 years experience building scripting and automation using Python or similar programming languages

• MS degree in Computer Science, Management of Information Systems (MIS), Computer Engineering, or similar degree
• Strong understanding of Windows, Linux, and or OS X internals
• Experience with malware analysis, network flow analysis, and large scale data analysis.
• Experience with modern threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), especially the Vertex Project's Synapse, and their APIs
• Experience building and conducting analysis leveraging AWS services. Experience building automated tools in the Python programming language.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

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 (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

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