Are you interested in being part of a top-notch security team covering all Amazon devices (including consumer devices like Kindle, FireTV, Echo, Astro robots, Ring doorbells, cameras, drones, etc. and newlines of devices including Kuiper satellites) ? If you want to keep customers safe, then we have a job for you! Amazon’s Devices and Services Security is growing and looking for a strong leader. You will be tasked in setting the strategic direction for hardware security for all Amazon devices while developing and taking the team to the next level.
As a Senior Manager at Amazon Devices and Services Security, you will have an enormous opportunity to lead a team of top notch security engineers respected by product teams, drive down systemic and tactical risk to Amazon devices, and develop long lasting functions and features for Amazon devices. You care deeply about keeping Amazon customers safe and therefore are passionate about mitigating vulnerabilities/risks by providing actionable guidance and solutions to product teams. You drive long term security improvements by identifying key gaps and partner with product teams to drive security improvements at scale. You're well-known for your excellent prioritization skills as well as your ability to communicate at all levels of an organization.
Note: While the majority of our Security roles are based in the Bay Area, CA and Seattle, WA areas, by applying to this position your application will be considered for other locations we hire for in the United States, including but not limited to: Bellevue, WA; Boston, MA, Austin TX.
Key job responsibilities
Key Job Responsibilities Include:
- Fostering, coaching, recruiting and scaling a team of world class hardware security engineers; providing strategic and tactical oversight to the team and the program.
- Defining a hardware security roadmap; aligning with key business stakeholders to ensure that objectives are focused on areas of key concern for internal and external Amazon customers; providing technical oversight for all phases of the hardware security lifecycle.
- Creating and driving a culture of inclusion where team members are encouraged to take risks and push limits in order to challenge organizational security assumptions.
- Partner with key stakeholders to drive implementation of security-related technical and process controls to remediate risks identified during engagements.
- Provide updates to senior leadership on a regular cadence.
- Provide verbal and written summaries of engagements to Amazon stakeholders and business owners.
- Engage in retrospectives with the partners and create a feedback loop to foster continuous improvement of delivery mechanisms and approaches.
About the team
About 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.
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.
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.
Mentorship and 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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience
- 10+ years of industry experience with a proven track record of hands on hardware security experience.
- 10+ years managing and building teams (including coaching and mentoring)
- Strong and proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience and stakeholders
- Experience managing a team of strong security engineers to identify strategic and tactical risk.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree
- 10+ years of risk assessment and vulnerability research and enabling organizations making decisions
- Significant experience and detailed technical knowledge in one of the following areas: security engineering, chipset and system security, cryptography, authentication and security protocols.
- Experience with threat modeling or other risk identification techniques, and risk management
- Experience partnering and influencing cross functional engineering, QA and testing teams to drive security improvements in complex environments
- Experience driving prioritization of security risks/vulnerabilities and ensuring that they are properly understood by the business and fixed and/or mitigated.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations and drive actions
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. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $187,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $324,100/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.