A senior security engineer position has become available at Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the purpose of enhancing the company's Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) response capabilities. The selected candidate will be part of the DDoS Response Team, where they will contribute to driving security and stability in AWS while also innovating automation within operations.
The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of technical leadership and have successfully managed complex issues autonomously or collaboratively. They must have an in-depth knowledge of network and/or application security, as well as excellent communication skills to convey design best practices to customers. This individual should have demonstrated operational excellence in supporting large-scale service providers or enterprise environments, including event management. Additionally, they will manage complex stakeholder relationships, both technical and leadership, and have a passion for working with new technologies.
Key Responsibilities
* Work with Amazon customers and service teams to diagnose and respond to ongoing events.
* Partner with Amazon organizations to proactively assess their DDoS resilience and drive improvements.
* Identify and drive automation of repeatable tasks through the creation and/or evolution of scripts and tools.
* Drive improvements in our automated detection and mitigation systems from operational learnings.
* Develop quality metrics that surface recurring issues or inefficiencies, then drive them to resolution.
* Develop documentation and processes for recurring issues, operating procedures, or knowledge transfer.
* Advise leadership about new trends and/or ways to improve our DDoS resiliency.
* Effectively contribute towards hiring and developing others in the team.
* Participate in the team's on-call rotation.
AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from various backgrounds to apply. Even if you don't meet all of the qualifications, we invite you to join our inclusive team culture where employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences.
About the Position
This is an exciting opportunity to join Amazon's world-class technical teams, work with the best and brightest engineers, develop your skills, and further your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.
Requirements
* 5+ years of experience in application and network security engineering.
* 2+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell, and/or Perl.
* 5+ years of experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support network and application security systems.
* 4+ years of experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer-impacting events, mitigating, and root cause analysis of those events.
* Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, Server Load Balancing, Network Security architecture, and core technologies such as IP, TCP, BGP, Firewalls, ACLs, and DNS.
* Experience working in virtualized enterprise networking environments.
* Ability to work in and keep up with a fast-moving environment via effective prioritization and time management.
* A relevant degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large-scale environment.