Security Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare

Amazon Healthcare Security's (HealthSec) Security Operations team is hiring a Security Engineer to be the first line of defense to our most critical customer data. You will be a guardian of healthcare information and work with Amazon Healthcare products to secure customer data. You will drive cross-team coordination, detection and monitoring management, and incident response for all of our medical related services. You will communicate and work with executives, Legal, and other key business and technical leaders to drive resolution of issues.

You will get to work closely with our detection and monitoring organizations to define new ways to detect activities that may impact our customers and their health records. You will also get to work with other Security engineers from across HealthSec to drive new solutions into our systems to help secure data at a design and implementation level.

• Key job responsibilities
• Evaluate vulnerability reports, security alerts, and customer issues

Work alongside our Detection and Monitoring team to triage, understand, and improve security alerts

Perform risk assessments and identify security vulnerabilities in workflows

​​Advise engineering teams and stakeholders on security best practices including network security, identity management, and secure system configurations​

Collaborate with product development teams to integrate security solutions and controls

Support security incident investigations related to infrastructure

​​Participate in an on-call rotation and provide ad hoc support to customers during non-business hours​

Drive security automation efforts including monitoring, triage, and alerting for key security risks

• A day in the life
• ​​The HealthSec team is dedicated to protecting sensitive healthcare data and ensuring patient privacy across Amazon's healthcare services. We build and maintain security controls that safeguard protected health information while enabling innovation in healthcare technology.​

Amazon Security offers talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities across cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

• 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 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.

Basic qualifications

• - 2+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
• - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• - Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• - Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent

Preferred qualifications

• - 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
• - Experience with AWS products and services
• - Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++
• - Experience or understanding of HIPAA regulations

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
• USA, VA, Arlington - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually