Amazon
Security Engineer, Leo Security
$159K–$202K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years for each of the three listed programming, security code review, and troubleshooting qualifications; preferred: 2+ years in a combination of specified security areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or experience in IT Security.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
About the job
Develop and operate security detection and control mechanisms for Amazon Leo’s satellite broadband products and operations, while advising teams on security risks and incident response.
What you'll do
- Define and implement detection pipelines, security testing tools, and detective controls; investigate security issues and root causes.
- Advise product and builder teams on security decisions, vulnerabilities, technical debt, and risk remediation.
- Support penetration testing and Red Team priorities, and build security awareness by mentoring teams.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship).
- 3+ years troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command-line tools (non-internship).
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or experience in IT Security; knowledge of security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
Nice to have
- 2+ years in any combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
- Knowledge of HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP; AWS experience; or experience with security activities across the SDLC.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, AWS
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