Sr. Security Engineer, SBS - AGI Security

The team works on creating a family of new Generative AI models and applications that are efficient and capable.

You will collaborate with applied scientists, software engineers, security engineers, as well as internal partners and external researchers to develop innovative technologies to solve some of our hardest security problems, and build paved path solutions that builder teams can adopt while building Generative AI models and applications.

1. Perform threat modeling and ensure adequate security controls are in place for AGI models, applications, and infrastructure
2. Influence builders to be better security owners, actively engaging with them to innovate faster and develop scalable mechanisms for upholding the high security bar.
3. Create and maintain security documentation, including designs patterns, implementation guides, and secure software development kits (SDKs)
4. Simulate Generative AI adversarial attacks and identify vulnerabilities in .
5. Contribute to security automation tooling for building new Generative AI detection and tooling capabilities
6. Identify actionable and scalable mitigations for identified vulnerabilities, and collaborate with AGI product and engineering teams to influence and prioritize their resolution.
7. Mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1-1 sessions & office hours.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.

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.

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 and Career growth

• 5+ years of experience with any combination of the following: IAM, Security Engineering, Cryptography, Vulnerability Management, Supply Chain Security, Network security, Threat modelling or Penetration testing.
• Expertise in distributed systems security, and fundamental cloud security concepts such as IAM, and cryptography
• 5+ years influencing teams (including providing technical direction, coaching and mentoring)
• 5+ years of experience communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations- Hands-on experience with AWS basic security building blocks (IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, etc.) and their effective utilization for security controls.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Services and threat modeling systems using them.
• Experience in developing automation solutions to raise the security bar.
• Experience identifying common Generative AI vulnerabilities such as prompt injection, training data poisoning, and model inversion

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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