Principal Security Engineer (Remote)

10+ years of industry work with hands-on security engineering experience
10+ years of risk assessment and enabling organizations making security decisions experience
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field
Experience communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Experience with hands-on security engineering
Experience in risk assessment and enabling organizations to make security decisions
Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
Knowledge of information security risk-based prioritization
Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
Experience architecting, securing, and operating Amazon Web Services

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USA, TX, Dallas - 189,400.00 - 256,200.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 189,400.00 - 256,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Bellevue - 189,400.00 - 256,200.00 USD annually
AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

Help us protect not only the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing environment but all of our customers as well!

As a Principal Security Engineer in AWS Support-Kumo you will be on the forefront of many security issues for a wide variety of platforms and technologies including cloud services GenAI identity and access management all operating at massive scale. You will have direct impact on the experience of AWS customers and their security efforts through building the next generation of AI powered solutions for AWS Support.

As a Principal Security Engineer in Kumo you will play a leading role in shaping how we implement Shift Left Security by infusing security practices early in the development workflow - from code and design reviews to testing of applications before release. This role will focus on designing and implementing services applications and tools to the highest security standards preventing insecure application code from ever hitting production. You will have the opportunity to influence the direction of several teams spanning L8 boundaries across Support. You will be responsible for analyzing the security of applications and services discovering and addressing security issues in the design phase and quickly reacting to new threat scenarios.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with exceptional leadership and communication skills. Youll need to clearly articulate complex security risks to both technical and non-technical audiences effectively harmonize diverse perspectives and skillfully prioritize risks to guide teams toward secure solutions through influence and collaboration. This role requires a security professional who thrives when partnering closely with product and engineering teams to deliver the most secure customer solutions possible.

Key job responsibilities
• Bring security expertise into a team of engineers guiding technical decisions as well as prioritization of features 2. Be a hands-on technical leader building and testing the products being designed 3. Partner with engineering leaders across Kumo to reduce the friction for builders to develop services that are secure-by-design 4. Drive security decisions across product development workstreams 5. Developing comprehensive security guidance documentation including policies procedures and best practices to serve as a reference for the organization. 6. Designing and building security tools tailored to the organizations needs enhancing the overall security posture.

About the team
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