At Amazon, we're looking for builders who can invent and simplify in the face of complex cyber threats. As a Threat Intelligence Engineer on our STORM team, you'll be an explorer identifying threats to our vast ecosystem. You'll bridge the gap between our red and blue teams, delivering timely, relevant, and insightful intelligence to help us understand and navigate our threat landscape.
Key job responsibilities
- Architect and Innovate in our threat intelligence platform, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to automate data ingestion, analysis, and dissemination
- Develop and maintain complex algorithms for threat actor profiling and infrastructure tracking
- Invent and Implement advanced analytics to identify emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and malware across diverse data sources
- Engineer custom integrations between our threat intelligence platform and other security tools, enhancing our detection and response capabilities
- Apply machine learning and data mining techniques to extract meaningful patterns from large-scale threat data sets
- Develop and optimize queries across multiple databases and intelligence sources to correlate disparate threat indicators
- Create scalable scripts and tools to automate the enrichment and contextualization of technical indicators (IOCs)
- Conduct in-depth technical analysis of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) using industry-standard frameworks
- Develop custom dashboards and visualizations to effectively communicate technical threat data to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
About the team
About Amazon Security
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience crafting threat analysis products
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Proficiency with threat frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain etc)
- Background in Intelligence Analysis
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
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
- Advanced degree in intelligence, cybersecurity or computer science
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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.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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.