Amazon
Security Engineer, Compliance Penetration Testing
$159K–$202K
Virtual Location - Texas, TX · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years in application penetration testing or offensive security assessments; 2+ years in scripting or programming. Alternatively, 2+ years of IT Security experience may satisfy the education requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or equivalent via 2+ years of IT Security experience.
About the job
Conduct compliance-driven penetration tests of Amazon services, applications, and websites, report security findings, and work with teams to remediate them.
What you'll do
- Conduct penetration tests independently or with a team; create engagement plans and document findings and remediation recommendations.
- Contribute to testing tools and improvements.
- Collaborate with service owners and other teams to prioritize and resolve security findings.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
- 3+ years performing hands-on application penetration testing or offensive security assessments across web applications, APIs, or cloud services.
- Experience identifying, exploiting, and documenting application vulnerabilities, and communicating test findings and remediation guidance to development teams.
- 2+ years of non-internship scripting or programming experience in Python, Go, Java, Ruby, or a similar language.
Nice to have
- Experience with AWS products and services, security automation, compliance frameworks, backend service testing, or recognized testing standards.
- Experience using AI or LLM-assisted tooling for security testing; offensive security certification such as OSCP, OSWE, GPEN, or PenTest+.
Pay
USD 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, Java, Ruby, AWS, PCI DSS, SOX, MAS TRM, RBI
AI focus
Preferred experience using AI or LLM-assisted tooling to accelerate security testing.
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