Job Description
Embark on a Mission to Fortify Amazon's Defenses as a Security Engineer with the Vulnerability Management & Remediation Operations team
Amazon's Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations (VMRO) team is responsible for discovering, assessing, triaging, detecting, and driving the remediation of vulnerabilities across the Amazon ecosystem.
Key Job Responsibilities:
* Review and analyse common vulnerability disclosures and assist in evaluating potential impacts.
* Understand technical details of vulnerabilities affecting Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications.
* Help triage vulnerabilities and contribute to impact assessments and detection logic assessments.
* Collaborate with builder teams to implement security fixes and improvements.
* Implement and maintain vulnerability detection mechanisms using established frameworks and tooling.
* Contribute to the development of automation tools and workflows to support team operations.
* Contribute to detection development for hosts and containers.
* Participate in an on-call rotation to support continuous monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity or related technical degree or equivalent; or 2+ years equivalent technology experience.
* Demonstrated knowledge of web protocols, common attacks, and working knowledge of Linux/Unix tools and architecture, combined with understanding of security best practices.
* Ability to communicate effectively within technical and business settings.
Preferred Qualifications:
* 2+ years of experience in Security Operations, technology audit, or security vulnerability lifecycle management.
* Experience with secure-cloud configuration, cloud-security technologies, and cloud-permission systems.
* Strong understanding of security concepts with demonstrated experience in identity and access management, including SSO, SAML, RBAC, authentication, and authorization solutions.