Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Are you experienced in securing Windows and Linux Systems with a passion for building and maintaining highly-available systems and services at massive scale?

The Controls Fleet team is responsible for building and supporting some of Amazon's most important infrastructure services. As part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), we support the infrastructure that runs the world's premier e-commerce and cloud computing environments.

We are seeking a passionate and motivated security engineer to participate on a team of Windows and Linux Systems Engineers. The ideal candidate would be innovative and have great problem solving and analytical skills. You must be very comfortable and confident working on Windows systems and familiar with patching and administration access methods. You must have very strong knowledge of operating system and networking fundamentals. You understand TCP/IP and other common network protocols. You should have a bias toward automation and track record of creating scaleable solutions. You have experience designing distributed systems, diagnosing and resolving complex problems. You pay attention to detail and solve problems at their root.

You will be working in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. You must be flexible and adapt well to a wide range of tasks and technologies.

At Amazon, it is expected that your technical knowledge demonstrates both depth and breadth. Leveraging the strengths of individual team members as peers and delegating tasks appropriately within the group for long term projects will all be critical tasks for this role. Deep knowledge of the controls security domain is essential, as you will be a thought-leader across the organization.

Major Responsibilities
Peer development of team members
TCIP network support and security oversight
Escalation and communication of events
Lead improvements to tools and implementations
Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
Have a complete understanding of the various system interdependencies and limitations
Identify security issues and risks, develop mitigation plans, and design detection improvements
Identify security monitoring weaknesses and design detection improvements
Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate secure, infrastructure focused tools and services
Advise and consult with internal customers on risk assessment, threat modeling and fixing vulnerabilities
Develop and deliver training materials
Participate in security compliance efforts
Participate in projects that develop new intellectual property
Understand business context to decisions made within and across groups
Participate in 24x7 on call rotation

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering or related field or equivalent work experience
Unix/Linux operating systems experience
At least 5 years of Microsoft Windows Server operating systems experience
At least 10 years of system, network and/or application administration

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience using AWS core services (EC2, S3, IAM, Kinesis, Lambda, KMS, VPC, etc)
Experience working in mission-critical, operations support environment amongst geographically dispersed teams
Advanced understanding of DNS, DHCP, SSH, HTTP, TCP/IP and other common network protocols
Proven ability to operate effectively in high pressure situations and successfully handle multiple competing priorities
Ability to interact with other teams to diagnose and solve technical problems Experience driving large, cross-organization initiatives
Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
Ability to make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge (can't suffer from analysis paralysis)
Experience with vulnerability risk and impact assessment
Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
Experience with web-based applications and/or web services-based applications, especially at massive scale, are very applicable and helpful
Meets/exceeds Amazons leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazons functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Data Center or other critical environments experience
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