[Hiring] Senior Security Engineer, AI Security @Amazon

Role Description

Join the team that helps protect the Amazon and our customers. The scale of Amazon and diversity of customers means your work would have far-reaching impacts across a broad range of industries around the world.

Our highly collaborative, global team thrives on flexibility and is committed to each team member's growth regardless of where they are. If you want to grow your interest in AI/ML services like Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, generative AI, large language models, and responsible AI - we're right here on the journey with you.

The Amazon AI Security team is looking for a Security Engineer to design security controls and help validate that our AI/ML services, applications, and emerging technologies are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. Your responsibilities include:

• Security reviews for AI/ML products, technologies, and services.
• Secure design, architecture, and implementation of AI/ML systems.
• Secure development life-cycle (SDLC) practices including threat modeling and security testing.
• Influence decision-makers and stakeholders throughout the organization in multiple teams to achieve a consistently high security bar.
• Lead penetration testing engagements and create new testing methods and exploits.
• Create security guidance and documentation.
• Develop security tools and automation.
• Develop and deliver security training and outreach to internal development teams.
• Develop and improve metrics that drive desired behavior and security outcomes.
• Lead security projects (including security reviews, tool development, and creation of new security practices) with end-to-end ownership.
• Support for mentoring, team building and recruiting activities.

Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking healthy harmony between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren't focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

We are dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on interests and desired growth areas, supporting you as you take on more complex tasks while your skills and confidence grow.

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship 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.
• 5+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience.
• Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Requirements

• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.
• Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services.
• PhD in computer science, machine learning, engineering, or related fields, or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) and 4+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance).
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
• Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP).
• Paid time off.
• Other resources to improve health and well-being.

Company Description

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 this link for more information.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

CAN, BC, Vancouver - 180,900.00 - 302,000.00 CAD annually.