Security Engineer, Leo Security

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We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

• Arlington, VA, USA
• Redmond, WA, USA

Project Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite based broadband telecom service? The Leo Security team owns the security of product and operations of Project Leo end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms.

You will work in a start-up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Help define develop and implement Kuiper's detection pipeline. Advocate for the creation & deployment of new testing tools, and detection mechanisms.
• Leverage support from automation teams that find discoverable vulnerabilities.
• Identify design & implementation defects and build compensating detective controls.
• Support product development processes by providing consultation services on difficult security decisions.
• Collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities; act as a trusted advisor; provide direction that makes security easy; help leaders measure the org's security execution.
• Guide teams towards outcomes that produce products that safely handle customer data.
• Collaborate with builder teams to assess technical debt and risk; provide strategic direction that addresses vulnerabilities and fortifies our products; lead the burn down of long‑term risk.
• Instill a security culture in builder teams; mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1‑1 sessions & office hours.
• Assist Red Teams in identifying security testing priorities; scope penetration tests and help deep‑dive on these engagements; investigate emerging security issues, root cause them, and devise mechanisms to detect them.
• Hack some really cool bleeding edge tech.

In this highly dynamic role, you’ll be accountable for deciding where your time investments provide the most value. You will have a blend of building preventive and detective controls. Teams will reach out for ideas on how to handle a wide variety of security problems. You can anticipate implementation questions such as: "What's the paved path for vulnerability management?" "We need to define security requirements for a confidential new product launch."

"We've experienced an incident and need to perform 5 why's analysis to identify and correct the problem that produced the incident."

When you’re not working on responding to the questions of builder teams, you will be evaluating overall org performance to identify architectural defects and proposing new security scanning capability and threat detections to correct problems in the org. You will help Amazon maintain a high bar for customer security.

Diverse Experiences:
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security? At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the…