We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

The Enterprise Protection Program (EPP) is seeking a Senior Security Engineer who can hunt through data from internal and external sources to identify, investigate, and mitigate insider threats to Amazon.

You will lead investigations into active insider threats to Amazon on a daily basis. We are looking for someone who is a fan of "diving deep"; someone who enjoys building queries and processing data to identify and pursue security issues.

You will also work with team members and partners within our legal, engineering, analytics, and prevention teams to develop proactive insider threat solutions. You will be effective both working independently and cooperatively across partner teams and able to contribute and deliver results.

This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months.

This is a senior role where you will be expected to drive the process and tool development needed to reduce the insider threat risk to Amazon.

Key job responsibilities
Lead deep dive analysis of internal and external datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and activities indicative of insider threats.

Collaborate with legal, engineering, analytics, and prevention teams to build and develop solutions and tools that identify and mitigate risk. Translate use cases into technical requirements.

Create quantitative feedback mechanisms to drive automation and optimization of analytics and tools.

Communicate and collaborate with partner teams and the security community across Amazon.

Coach junior analyst/investigators to improve their skills and effectiveness.

A day in the life
You will work on high impact cases and projects that seek to reduce the insider threat risk to Amazon. You will meet frequently with internal security customers, partners, and engineering teams. You will collaborate with numerous Amazon and AWS service teams. You will lead the development of tools and processes which seek to simplify and scale insider threat best practices.

This is a senior role where you focus not only on how to achieve effective insider threat risk reductions, but also help define the processes and tools which are needed through a deep understanding of the overall landscape and challenges.

About the team

Diverse Experiences
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- 5+ years of experience using internal and external datasets to analyze and identify trends, anomalies, and activities indicative of advanced threats.
- 5+ years of computer security fundamentals experience.
- BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems (IS), Computer Engineering, or 5+ years equivalent technology experience without a degree.

- Computer security certifications (e.g. SANS) or organization-specific training relevant to computer security.
- Demonstrated proficiency with creating SQL and Splunk queries.
- Extensive experience leading insider threat investigations or teams.
- In-depth understanding of web, security, and networking protocols.
- Extensive experience collaborating with diverse internal and external partner teams throughout an investigation or issue.

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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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.