Description
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 all of Amazon’s 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.
We are looking for an experienced security leader to join the Application Security team. As a security leader, you will manage a team of security engineers and Technical Program Managers, fostering a strong team culture and driving progress towards strategic goals. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a high‑performing team. Passion and discipline around cloud computing are critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers responsible for Application Security (AppSec) of Amazon services.
- Lead the strategic direction and evolution of Application Security review teams, including setting goals and establishing priorities.
- Set the direction for the team by driving strategic initiatives, influencing leadership, key stakeholders, and partnering with teams throughout Amazon.
- Develop a healthy and collaborative culture and enable the team to deliver results.
- Lead effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
- Drive improvements to internal programs and processes.
- Write and deliver high‑quality documents for technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Drive the adoption of security processes, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of managing and developing teams experience
- 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
- Knowledge of security of web services, video content protection technologies, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience managing communication with geographically distributed teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Information security professional certification (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
- Experience managing remote team members
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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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 all of Amazon’s 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.
We are looking for an experienced security leader to join the Application Security team. As a security leader, you will manage a team of security engineers and Technical Program Managers, fostering a strong team culture and driving progress towards strategic goals. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a high‑performing team. Passion and discipline around cloud computing are critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead, manage, and develop a team of Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers responsible for Application Security (AppSec) of Amazon services.
- Lead the strategic direction and evolution of Application Security review teams, including setting goals and establishing priorities.
- Set the direction for the team by driving strategic initiatives, influencing leadership, key stakeholders, and partnering with teams throughout Amazon.
- Develop a healthy and collaborative culture and enable the team to deliver results.
- Lead effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
- Drive improvements to internal programs and processes.
- Write and deliver high‑quality documents for technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Drive the adoption of security processes, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of managing and developing teams experience
- 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
- Knowledge of security of web services, video content protection technologies, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience managing communication with geographically distributed teams
Preferred Qualifications
- Information security professional certification (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
- Experience managing remote team members
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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