Job ID: 2811501 | Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited
Come and build innovative services that protect our cloud from advanced security threats!
As a Senior Security Engineer on our team, you'll help build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon's infrastructure, including advanced persistent threats. You'll work with data scientists, software development engineers, and other security engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions at a massive scale. Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers and help preserve our customers' trust in us. You'll get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that proactively protect every single AWS customer, both internally and externally, from security threats – not many teams can say that!
Key job responsibilitiesResearch, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automationDevelop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance detection capabilitiesIdentify opportunities to prevent security issues at scaleMentor and develop teammates both technically and professionallySeek out, develop, and advocate for new technology to research, identify, and mitigate complex risksAbout the teamDiverse 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 chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including the cloud.
Inclusive Team CultureIn Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career GrowthWe're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexibility is part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS5+ years of experience performing security investigations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and/or incident response in the context of large organizationsUnderstanding of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groupsKnowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g., process lists, application logs, NetFlow)An understanding of network and web related protocols (such as, TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)Ability to develop code with at least one modern language, such as PythonSuccessful applicants must have the legal right to work in Ireland. Amazon will also provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European UnionPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSExperience creating threat detections in enterprise environmentsExperience with analytic development for endpoint and/or network securityExperience using common cloud services (IAM, Lambda, EC2, VPC, S3) for security response and/or automationExperience with data science, machine learning, big data analytics, and/or streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis)
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