The posting
Amazon develops products and services that transform the way customers live. Across teams and geographies, we strive to delight customers and earn their trust. Members of the Stores Security team are guardians of that trust. From drones to grocery stores and everything in between, our mission is to assess risk, classify data and systems, detect potential intrusion, and respond quickly to security events across Amazon’s critical business functions, including AWS, Retail, Customer Service, Worldwide Operations, Consumer Payments, Physical Stores, and Healthcare. Within Stores Security, the Amazon Vulnerability Management and Service (AVMS) organization is responsible for all aspects of the Vulnerability Management lifecycle across Amazon including intake, assessment, discovery, and response at machine speed
This team is transforming vulnerability management through advanced AI capabilities in remediation automation, innovative vulnerability detection solutions, data-driven insights, and more. Be part of a dynamic group that bridges security operations and development, creating measurable impact across Amazon's vast ecosystem.
Key job responsibilities - Analyze public and private vulnerability disclosures and exploit code - Deeply understand and assess the technical details and potential impact of vulnerabilities across Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications - Investigate and triage vulnerabilities, identifying severity and the scope of potential impact to Amazon - Support response and remediation efforts, assisting builder teams to fix their security issues in a timely manner - Engineer high quality, scalable, and accurate vulnerability detection mechanisms. - Design and implement automation, tools and workflows to enhance our operations capabilities. - Be part of a global team and participate in periodic on-call responsibilities to ensure the continuous monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities.
About the team The AVMS Orchestration team bridges security operations and development, transforming vulnerability data into measurable security outcomes. We embrace a "Think Fast, Learn Faster" culture where rapid prototyping validates new solutions and data drives every decision. Our diverse team of security engineers and TPMs collaborates across the full vulnerability lifecycle, building custom detection capabilities, operationalizing security programs, and creating metrics that demonstrate real impact across Amazon's infrastructure.
Diverse Experiences Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
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 & 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.
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.
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience - Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP - 4+ years of any combination of the following: application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, AI security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing experience - 4+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
- 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience - 2+ years of scripting, programming, or security code review in a common language, such as Python, Java or C++ experience - Experience with AWS products and 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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
