Senior Security Engineer, AGI Security
Job Description
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:New York, NY, USAThe Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization is focused on building world-class general-purpose intelligence services. Its primary mission involves developing highly autonomous systems through novel model architectures, learning, and inference strategies. The team works on creating a family of new Generative AI models and applications that are efficient and capable.As a Security Engineer within the AGI Security team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that AGI large language models and applications are designed and executed with the highest security standards to maintain customer trust. You will tackle a diverse array of security challenges, ranging from novel threats in Generative AI to selecting and implementing scalable and secure features such as key management solutions and encrypted storage. You will collaborate with applied scientists, software engineers, security engineers, as well as internal partners and external researchers to develop innovative technologies to solve some of our hardest security problems, and build paved path solutions that builder teams can adopt while building Generative AI models and applications.Key job responsibilities1. Perform threat modeling and ensure adequate security controls are in place for AGI models, applications, and infrastructure2. Influence builders to be better security owners, actively engaging with them to innovate faster and develop scalable mechanisms for upholding the high security bar.3. Create and maintain security documentation, including designs patterns, implementation guides, and secure software development kits (SDKs)4. Simulate Generative AI adversarial attacks against AGI infrastructure.5. Contribute to security automation tooling for building new Generative AI detection and tooling capabilities6. Identify actionable and scalable mitigations for identified vulnerabilities, and collaborate with AGI product and engineering teams to influence and prioritize their resolution.7. Mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1-1 sessions & office hours.About the teamDiverse ExperiencesAmazon 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 storesInclusive Team CultureIn 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.Training & Career GrowthWe’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.Work/Life BalanceWe 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.
Locations
- United States, NY, New York, New York, NY, United States
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
180,000 - 300,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- - 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experienceintermediate
- - 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experienceintermediate
- - 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experienceintermediate
- - Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniquesintermediate
- - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering teamintermediate
Required Qualifications
- - 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience (experience, 4 years)
- - 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience (experience, 5 years)
- - 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience (experience, 4 years)
- - Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques (experience)
- - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- - Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent (experience)
- - Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services (experience)
- Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/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. (experience)
Responsibilities
- 1. Perform threat modeling and ensure adequate security controls are in place for AGI models, applications, and infrastructure
- 2. Influence builders to be better security owners, actively engaging with them to innovate faster and develop scalable mechanisms for upholding the high security bar.
- 3. Create and maintain security documentation, including designs patterns, implementation guides, and secure software development kits (SDKs)
- 4. Simulate Generative AI adversarial attacks against AGI infrastructure.
- 5. Contribute to security automation tooling for building new Generative AI detection and tooling capabilities
- 6. Identify actionable and scalable mitigations for identified vulnerabilities, and collaborate with AGI product and engineering teams to influence and prioritize their resolution.
- 7. Mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1-1 sessions & office hours.
- About the team
- 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
- 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.
- Training & 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.
- 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.
