Job Description

Job ID: 3126126 | Amazon.com Services LLC

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

• Arlington, VA, USA
• Herndon, VA, USA
• Redmond, WA, USA

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide lowlatency, highspeed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Kuiper Security team owns the security of product and operations of Project Kuiper endtoend. 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 missioncritical security systems and mechanisms. As a Senior Security Engineer on the Kuiper Security Incident Response team, you work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to respond to and root cause security issues and solve them at massive scale. The role requires you to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for 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.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Supply oversight of inflight security issues.
• Triage new incoming issues to determine the level of risk they present to Kuiper, and then accordingly prioritize its remediation in conjunction with the impacted builder teams.
• Communicate the state of these issues to various audiences, both technical and non-technical, at various levels of seniority (up to and including Chief Information Security Officer).
• Escalate issues to senior Kuiper leadership if you feel your issues are not being treated at the correct pace due to their impact to ensure that we are putting customers first.
• Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier, and at the same time, sharing that benefit with all our engineers globally.

An Ideal Candidate Should Be Able To Conduct Most Of The Following

• Participate in efforts to promote security throughout the Company and build good working relationships within the team and with others across Amazon.
• Demonstrate high ability and tolerance for extreme context switching and interruptions while staying productive and effective.
• Develop pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while keeping an acceptable level of risk.
• Help with recruiting activities and administrative work.
• Mentor junior staff and proactive knowledge sharing within the team and across the company.
• Fulfill regular oncall responsibilities.

A Day In The Life

In the morning you will take handover from the previous shift and be delegated ownership of various security issues presently inflight. The issues could relate to any of our Kuiper products, so you will often need to learn on the go.

You will engage various stakeholders, such as the internal builder teams who actually need to fix the issue, along with Kuiper Security Leadership, Legal, and the leadership from the impacted team.

As the day progresses, new issues will be automatically assigned to you based on your workload and you will be responsible for triaging them, determining their level of impact, and work towards resolving them at the appropriate pace.

At the end of the shift, you will document all the issues you are tracking so they can be taken over by the site relieving you.

You will have downtime and space to work on strategic projects to improve the quality and/or speed of your teams deliveries, or to raise the security bar across Kuiper at scale.

About The Team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasnt followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, dont 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 Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with 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, its 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 that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, theres nothing we cant achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of noninternship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
• Experience (noninternship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language
• Experience scripting in modern programming languages, or experience working with device technologies under development, familiarity with flashing firmware, basic device debugging and familiarity with reading/pulling device logs
• Knowledge of embedded devices security, risk assessment, and triage.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
• Knowledge of prevalent security threats in the telecom/ISP or aerospace domains.
• Experience in performing forensics on physical devices and/or distributed systems.

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, signon payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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