Senior Security Engineer, AWS Foundational Services Security
Core
Design, build, and maintain automated security guardrails and controls for AWS foundational Identity and crypto systems to secure-by-default practices at massive scale.
Role type
Senior IC security engineer (cloud infrastructure)
Builds
Automated security guardrails, paved paths, and self-service security tools for AWS core cloud platform
Domain
Cloud computing, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cryptography
Required skills
Security code review, scripting/programming, log analysis, automated security assessment, threat modeling, secure architecture design, incident response, AI tooling for security
Preferred skills
Security in microservices, service-oriented architectures
Technologies
AWS, Command line tools, AI tools
Responsibilities
Design automated security guardrails and paved paths; Engage with dev teams to embed security early; Build continuous security assessment capabilities; Contribute code for security fixes; Partner on self-service security tools; Implement preventive/detective controls; Collaborate on long-term security strategy and on-call rotations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC