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Security Engineer I, Secure Third Party Tools (S3T)

Amazon· Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
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Arlington, VA$136k - $184kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Security Engineer on the Secure Third Party Tools (S3T) team within Amazon Security. Focuses on evaluating third-party services, identifying risks, and contributing to tooling that codifies security decisions into repeatable automation to protect customer trust.

Responsibilities

  • Perform technical security reviews of third-party services — including AI/ML integrations, cloud architectures, and services handling sensitive customer data — identifying gaps in security controls and recommending mitigations.
  • Trace data flows through complex systems, threat model third-party use cases, and evaluate vendor penetration test reports to surface risks and drive proportionate remediation decisions.
  • Contribute to AI-powered security tooling and automation that scales review decisions across the organization, scripting solutions and improving existing runbooks.
  • Communicate identified risks and recommendations in written and verbal form to service teams and leadership, escalating where appropriate to drive resolution.
  • Author and refine security decision rubrics and implementation patterns so that future engineers can build upon your findings.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
  • Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
  • Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
  • Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance

Skills

Required:Web security and threat modelingData-flow analysis and risk communication

Benefits

  • base salary range listed: USA, VA, Arlington - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually
  • sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
  • 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
  • parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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