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Application Security Engineer, Audio, Twitch & Games (ATG) Security
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We are changing the way millions of customers interact with entertainment that enriches lives.
Audio, Twitch & Games (ATG) delivers experiences at unparalleled scale. Whether it's launching our own studio to create original and exclusive content, or connecting players and developers to the games and communities they love, ATG Security is at the center of customer, builder and content journeys.
Our vision is to be the most loved and trusted entertainment service by empowering the business with innovative security solutions that complement our creative workforce without restricting our ability to deliver a seamless customer experience.
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 cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Key job responsibilities
As a successful Application Security Engineer within ATG Security, you will be seen as a leader and play a key role in ensuring security is built into our applications and services and partnering with development teams to maintain a high security bar. You will collaborate with security champions within our engineering teams to drive the implementation and validation of security controls prior to production launch. You will:
- Provide durable, technical security guidance to mitigate identified risks.
- Review existing processes and suggest improvements for increased security and efficiency.
- Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
- Embrace GenAI and the security challenges it brings, to be able to guide builders in building leveraging GenAI securely.
- Participate in and support application security reviews that include threat modeling, code review, and security testing.
- Mentor and guide security champions embedded throughout the engineering team.
A day in the life
As a successful Application Security Engineer within ATG Security, you will be seen as a strong leader who prioritizes well, communicates clearly and compellingly understands how to drive a high level of operational and strategic excellence within a team, while collaborating with a variety of internal and external business partners. You must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short- versus long-term security and business goals. A successful candidate must be one that can handle several difficult challenges and problems, can make risk-based assessments founded on data and facts rather than older static based security paradigms, though being aware of the older best practices.
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About the team
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
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 chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In 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.
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Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent.
- Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language.
- Experience with AWS products and services.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Information security professional certification.
- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent.
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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