Sr. Security Intelligence Engineer , Threat Intelligence for Global Enterprise Response
ID: 7350
Type: Full-time
Category: Others
Company Name: Amazon.com Services LLC
Location: USA, TX, Austin; USA, VA, Arlington; USA, WA, Seattle; USA, VA, Herndon - Austin - United States
Salary: 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually Visit company vacancyThe Threat Intelligence for Global Enterprise Response (TIGER) team, part of Amazon Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI), is responsible for developing actionable intelligence on advanced cyber threats to Amazon employees and company assets. We obtain indicators and other intelligence from a variety of internal and external sources and use that information to develop an understanding of sophisticated actors and their tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Our intelligence supports incident response teams, red teams, detections teams and teams working to prevent financial loss to the company. We leverage that understanding to proactively identify and mitigate malicious activity.
The successful candidate will analyze both attributed and unattributed actor TTPs to generate intelligence and insights into current threats. A deep understanding of current cyber threat actors as well as experience performing question-driven analysis is required. As a Senior Security Intelligence Engineer, you will help enhance our capabilities by identifying new data sources, formulating new analytic techniques, and working across teams to drive their supporting capabilities. You will likewise work to harness expansive data sets and generate actionable and unique insights from them using database querying and statistical analysis. Your efforts will uncover previously-unknown threats and help drive innovation and continual improvement in the "state-of-the-art" of cyber threat intelligence analysis and dissemination at Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
- Draft and publish finished written threat intelligence products based on findings.
- Analyze large and unstructured data sets to discover new threats, uncover trends, and identify anomalies indicative of malicious activities.
- Perform deep dive analysis of malicious artifacts.
- Create security techniques and automation for internal use that enable you and others to operate at high speed and broad scale.
- Contribute to Amazon's understanding of the current threat landscape and the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with specific threats.
- Periodic on-call responsibilities.
About the team
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
On-Call Responsibility
This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 5+ 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
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Experience with SQL and Python scripting
- Extensive experience tracking sophisticated cyber threat groups (5+ years)
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Strong understanding of Windows, Linux, and or OS X internals
- Experience with malware analysis, network flow analysis, and large scale data analysis.
- Experience with modern threat intelligence platforms (TIPs), especially the Vertex Project's Synapse, and their APIs
- Experience building and conducting analysis leveraging AWS services. Experience building automated tools in the Python programming language.
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 - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
Company Name: Amazon.com Services LLC
Company Website: https://www.amazon.com
Company Address: 410 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, United States