Sr. Security Engineer, AWS Center Quantum Computing

Sr. Security Engineer, AWS Center for Quantum Computing

Job  | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) in Pasadena, CA, is seeking a Security Engineer to design and oversee the security operations of a growing research and development effort. This role requires on‑site activity roughly 1–2 times per week.

As a security expert, you will own the completion of a threat model and security plan for our research spaces, lead a range of projects and security initiatives designed to protect Amazonians, R&D facilities and critical cloud infrastructure from all categories of threats. You will define, document, and educate policies and workflows for our labs that span across academic, corporate and industrial spaces.

You will be proactive, independent, and able to manage program security projects with minimal supervision while effectively triaging and prioritizing work, communicating clearly and delivering exceptional results.

• Work with internal stakeholders, academic and corporate partners to meet or exceed Amazon security bar.
• Understand software lifecycle on scientific equipment and mitigate physical and logical risks.
• Perform periodic reviews of software baselines and network activity.
• Manage security reviews of internally used, external‑facing, or third‑party applications.
• Create and maintain detailed inventories of sensitive hardware and software.
• Audit equipment and software before commissioning in a development or production environment.

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be either a U.S. citizen or national, a U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be able to obtain a U.S. export license. If you are unsure if you meet these requirements, please apply and Amazon will review your application for eligibility.

• 4+ years of non‑internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools.
• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.
• 4+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages.
• Experience in industry‑based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
• 5+ years relevant security engineering work experience, or a Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Informatics, or a related field.
• Hands‑on experience with security lifecycle activities including threat modeling, risk analysis, design review, and testing.
• Strong understanding of adversary TTPs and experience with threat detection, response, and recovery.

• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.
• Experience with security in service‑oriented architectures/microservices and web services.
• Interest in learning Quantum Technologies.
• Effective teacher and instructor, with experience developing and delivering training to security, technical, and business professionals.
• Excellent written communication skills and experience writing and publishing security standards.
• Ability to manage tactical (daily) operations and participate in development of strategic program plans.
• Understanding of crisis operations, risk management, and crisis communication.
• Understanding of business continuity and incident command system.
• Strong working knowledge of access control systems and physical security systems/components.
• Experience in providing security oversight at data centers or research lab environments or equivalent.

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

Posted: December 11, 2025 (Updated 2 days ago)