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Security Engineer III - AMZ9725544

at Amazon.com

📍 US, WA, Seattle Unknown 💰 $178K – $178K USD / year Posted March 31, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $178K – $178K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years 3 years
Education Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or Technology, Mathematics, or a related field
Category Cybersecurity

About this role

Security Engineer III responsible for application security reviews, threat modeling, and security testing across AWS products, with responsibilities including developing tooling, runbooks, and mentoring junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform application security reviews including architecture reviews, threat modeling, code reviews and security testing
  • Drive proactive security initiatives and programs
  • Develop threat models, review designs, analyze codes and perform security testing
  • Drive engagement with AWS development teams and other security teams
  • Coordinate with internal customers to ensure parity in Amazon security bar

Technical Overview

Security scope includes architecture reviews, threat modeling, code reviews, and security testing across cloud-native services in AWS/Azure/GCP, with programming in multiple languages and familiarity with standard network protocols.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a security-focused software professional with 3+ years in application and infrastructure security, strong threat modeling and penetration testing skills, and programming ability in multiple languages. They should be able to translate security risks into actionable guidance for AWS product teams and mentor junior engineers.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer ScienceEngineeringInformation Systems or TechnologyMathematicsor a related field and three years of experience in the job offered or a related occupationMust have one year of experience in: application and infrastructure information securityapplication of threat modeling or other risk identification techniquesknowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniquesincluding penetration testingsource code reviewconfiguring advanced runtime and static vulnerability testing tools and the development of exploitsprogramming in JavaCC++PerlRuby or Pythoncoordinating responsibility of technical security tasksworking with network and web related protocolsincluding TCP/IPUDPIPSECHTTPHTTPSexperience with common attack patternsfuzzingdynamic code assessmentand exploitation techniques for web and mobile applicationsworking with cloud native services in AWSAzureor GCP

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer ScienceEngineeringInformation Systems or TechnologyMathematicsor a related field; 3 years of experience; application security reviews; threat modeling; code reviews; security testing; penetration testing; static and runtime vulnerability testing tools; programming in JavaCC++PerlRuby or Python; TCP/IPUDPIPSecHTTPHTTPS; cloud native services AWSAzureor GCP

Hard Skills

application security reviewsthreat modelingcode reviewssecurity testingpenetration testingstatic vulnerability testing toolsruntime vulnerability testingexploitsJavaCC++PerlRubyPythonTCP/IPUDPIPSecHTTPHTTPScloud native services AWSAzureGCP

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringtrainingdocumentationproblem solvingteam collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Technology
Job Function Ensure AWS product security through comprehensive reviews, threat modeling, and security testing across services.
Role Subtype Security Engineer
Tech Domains Cloud Security, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform

Keywords for Your Resume

security engineerapplication securitythreat modelingrisk identification techniquespenetration testingsource code reviewvulnerability testing toolsexploitsJavaCC++PerlRubyPythonTCP/IPUDPIPSecHTTPHTTPScloud native services AWSAzureGCPcode reviewruntime vulnerability testingstatic vulnerability testingAWS

Deal Breakers

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering or related field, 3+ years of security-related experience, Experience with Java, C, C++, Perl, Ruby or Python, Experience with cloud native services in AWS, Azure, or GCP

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