Security Engineer II, Amazon GuardDuty
Core
Researching attack patterns, building attack simulations, and validating detection mechanisms for Amazon GuardDuty, a managed threat detection service protecting AWS accounts.
Role type
Senior IC security engineer (red team) (via careerplan.io/jobs/10569420-security-engineer-ii-amazon-guardduty-at-amazon)
Builds
Attack simulations and detection validation tools for cloud security
Domain
Cloud security / Threat detection
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Red team penetration testing, exploit development at scale, malware analysis, network misconfiguration identification, C#/C++/Java/Perl, distributed systems design, object-oriented design
Preferred skills
Full SDLC experience, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, operations
Technologies
C#, C++, Java, Perl
Responsibilities
Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics and procedures; Develop scripts and tools to enhance red team capabilities; Work with data scientists to develop and test detections for complex exploitation patterns; Build simulations to validate tools and techniques; Advise the team on current threat landscape, tools & techniques; Detonate and analyze behavioral patterns of Malware
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC