Senior Security Engineer, AWS Human Access Security
Core
Design and build security tooling to reduce high-risk human and operator access to AWS production systems and customer environments.
Role type
Senior Security Engineer (Security Tooling & Risk Reduction)
Builds
Operator-access tooling for requesting, scoping, and auditing access; measurement and detection capabilities for risky access patterns.
Domain
Cloud Security / AWS Infrastructure
Required skills
Security risk modeling, log analysis, automation via command line, security code review, mentoring, threat modeling, service-oriented architecture security
Preferred skills
Risk identification techniques, security in microservices and web services
Technologies
Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, Go
Responsibilities
Define high-risk access patterns and rank them with data; drive design decisions for scoped/time-bound credentials and auditable emergency access; partner with engineering teams to remediate risky access; build measurement capabilities to track risk reduction; investigate security issues to create durable tooling improvements; mentor engineers and represent security posture to leadership.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities