Job Details

Overview

Project Kuiper 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. The Kuiper Security team owns the security of product and operations of Project Kuiper 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.

Export Control Requirement
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.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for root causing security issues, coordinating with Amazon security response teams, identifying and driving areas of improvement for Kuiper security mechanisms, and support product development processes by providing consultation services on difficult security decisions.
• You will collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities and act as a trusted advisor; you will guide leaders toward outcomes that ensure secure handling of customer data.
• You will collaborate with builder teams to assess technical debt and risk, provide strategic direction that addresses vulnerabilities, and lead the reduction of long-term risk.
• You will guide teams toward secure-by-default solutions; if such solutions don't exist, you will invent and propose them, leveraging automation teams for vulnerability discovery and supporting the creation and deployment of new testing tools and detection mechanisms.
• You will enable builder teams to become proactive and self-sufficient on security, ensure use of appropriate security linting and static analysis tools, and help reduce security operations costs over time.
• You will mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1-1 sessions & office hours.
• You will assist Red Teams in identifying security testing priorities, scoping penetration tests, and performing deep-dives on engagements; you will investigate emerging security issues and devise mechanisms to prevent them.
• You will propose a security vision for the business that protects customers and maintains trust.
• You will work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to security initiatives across the organization.

A day in the life

In this dynamic role, you'll decide where your time investments provide the most value. You'll handle a mix of proactive and reactive work, respond to builder questions, and address a wide variety of security problems. Examples include:

• What's the right way to handle authentication tokens in service-to-service communications?
• We need to define security requirements for a confidential new product launch.
• We've experienced an incident and need to perform a 5-why analysis to identify and correct the problem that produced the incident.

When not addressing builder questions, you'll evaluate overall org performance to identify architectural defects and propose new security initiatives to improve the org; you'll help Amazon maintain a high bar for customer security.

About the team

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed, 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 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 us to seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We'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 to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture to help you succeed at work and at home.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, CE, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years delivering security software, threat models, or performing incident response in a production environment
• 5+ years experience delivering distributed software systems in Python, Java, Rust, GoLang or C/C++
• 3+ years experience delivering for cloud-native environments
• 3+ years experience delivering software for Linux
• Experience in performing and/or participating in technical security assessments (code level and design level)
• Master's degree with a specialization in information security
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations that produce results
• Familiarity with programming and scripting or experience developing security tools and processes that work at scale
• Experience triaging security risks/vulnerabilities and ensuring they are understood by the business and fixed or mitigated
• Hands-on experience with satellite communications and management software
• Experience with low-level programming and embedded systems

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

Los Angeles County applicants: job duties include safe work practices and compliance with policies; criminal history considerations apply. Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance disclosures apply.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year to $247,600/year depending on location and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Depending on the position, equity, sign-on payments, and other compensation may be provided as part of a total package. For more information, visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.