Sr. Security Engineer, Defensive Security, Corporate Services Security (CPSS)
Amazon.com.com
143k - 248k USD/year
Office
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Full Time
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA
As a Senior Security Engineer in the Defensive Security team, you will play a pivotal role in integrating threat intelligence data into our security detections, developing cross-organizational tooling, and providing undifferentiated fraud emulation, detection, and response capabilities.
The Corporate Services Security (CPSS) organization is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join it's Defensive Security team. CPSS is responsible for protecting and defending the data and systems of Amazon’s corporate services.
Key job responsibilities
- Deliver security automation to support security event operations and threat emulation activities
- Develop custom tooling supporting fraud detection capabilities
- Operationalize raw threat intelligence data to enable informed risk assessments of customer platforms
- Partner with other internal teams across the CPSS organization to drive key engineering and business decisions impacting security across our customer's domains
- Assist in the improvement of operational excellence for our customer's business and technical teams
A day in the life
CPSS's Capabilities Team is the team providing cross-functional capabilities that support peer DefSec teams and the larger CPSS organization. We tackle ambitious projects that allow our customers to quickly operationalize raw threat intelligence and operationalize it for use across Amazon.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t 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 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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life 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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s 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 and Career growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
- 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
- Experience (non-internship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language
- Experience (non-internship) in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools
- Experience working in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans
- 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
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
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.
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 job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on 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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Arlington, VA, USA
As a Senior Security Engineer in the Defensive Security team, you will play a pivotal role in integrating threat intelligence data into our security detections, developing cross-organizational tooling, and providing undifferentiated fraud emulation, detection, and response capabilities.
The Corporate Services Security (CPSS) organization is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join it's Defensive Security team. CPSS is responsible for protecting and defending the data and systems of Amazon’s corporate services.
Key job responsibilities
- Deliver security automation to support security event operations and threat emulation activities
- Develop custom tooling supporting fraud detection capabilities
- Operationalize raw threat intelligence data to enable informed risk assessments of customer platforms
- Partner with other internal teams across the CPSS organization to drive key engineering and business decisions impacting security across our customer's domains
- Assist in the improvement of operational excellence for our customer's business and technical teams
A day in the life
CPSS's Capabilities Team is the team providing cross-functional capabilities that support peer DefSec teams and the larger CPSS organization. We tackle ambitious projects that allow our customers to quickly operationalize raw threat intelligence and operationalize it for use across Amazon.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t 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 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.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life 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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s 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 and Career growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
- Experience (non-internship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language
- Experience (non-internship) in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools
- Experience working in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
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.
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 job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on 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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Sr. Security Engineer, Defensive Security, Corporate Services Security (CPSS)
Office
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Full Time
143k - 248k USD/year
October 1, 2025