Software Development Engineer, Security Analytics, AWS Security, Sonaris

Come and build innovative services that protect our cloud from Internet-scale security threats! Use AI to help defenders outmaneuver threat actors.

As an analytics engineer on our team, you’ll help build and manage software that detects and mitigates cybersecurity threats across Amazon, including unauthorized vulnerability scanning and exploit attempts. You’ll work with data scientists, security engineers, and other software engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions at a massive scale.

Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers and help preserve our customers’ trust in us. You’ll get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that proactively protect every single AWS customer, both internally and externally, from security threats – not many teams can say that!

Our work is often highlighted at re:Invent, re:Inforce, security blogs, and podcasts!

- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-aws-uses-active-defense-to-help-protect-customers-from-security-threats/

- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-aws-improves-active-defense-to-empower-customers/

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qj7rypkzGg

- https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/the-new-security-landscape-ai-agents-automation-and/id1482820161?i=1000766141510&l=en-GB

Key job responsibilities

On Sonaris, an analytics engineer blends software, security, and science to solve problems independently or in partnership with experts in each discipline.

- Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation

- Develop everything from detection prototypes to internet scale systems to solve classic and emergent security problems

- Deep dive into data to differentiate benign and malicious activity.

A day in the life

You will balance emergent security needs with the strategic advances we need to make the cloud safer for everyone. You will stay aware of threat activity by digging into industry reports and querying security telemetry to find indicators and trends. You will perform exploratory data analysis and your findings will be key to building the right security detections and mitigations. You will both write code for proofs of concept while also leveraging the talents of a multidisciplinary team to deliver operationally robust automated solutions. This will lead to big security wins for Amazon and its customers.

About the team

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 the cloud.

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 flexibility is part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development

- Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems

- Experience programming with at least one software programming language

- Understanding of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groups

- This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

- Experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

- Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g., process lists, application logs, NetFlow) and networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP

- Experience with analytic development for endpoint and/or network security

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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