Senior Security Engineer, Amazon GuardDuty

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Job description

Amazon Web Services is looking for experienced Security Engineers to join the Security Analytics and AI Research group within AWS Security Services. This group is entrusted with researching and developing core data mining and machine learning algorithms for Amazon GuardDuty (). On this team, you will invent and implement innovative solutions for never-before-solved problems. If you have experience with information security and a passion for large scale machine learning systems, this will be an exciting opportunity.

GuardDuty also detects potentially compromised instances or reconnaissance by attackers. This is an advanced engineering team that is using cutting edge techniques to help customers assess, monitor and protect their cloud based resources.

The AWS Security Services team builds technologies that help customers strengthen their security posture and better meet security requirements in the AWS Cloud. The team interacts with security researchers to codify our own learnings and best practices and make them available for customers. We are building massively scalable and globally distributed security systems to power next generation services.

Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

About AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences
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Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with scientists and engineers to research and develop innovative ML/AI solutions for challenging cybersecurity problems.
- Analyze the output of ML/AI models for accuracy, customer impact, and interpretability.
- Integrate successful experiments into large scale, highly complex production services.
- Build complex systems that turn machine/deep learning and AI research into great products for our customers.
- Rapidly design and conduct large scale experiments in a high-ambiguity environment, making use of both quantitative and business judgment.
- Interact with other security engineers and related domain experts to dive deep into the types of challenges that we need innovative solutions for.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years' experience with focus on cloud, system, network and/or application security
- 5+ years of experience building automated tools in a modern programming language
- Familiarity with AWS API auditing and related threat models
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Data-driven and quantitative mentality. Always backs up ideas with facts.
- Experience with virtualization technologies and familiarity with AWS services

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit

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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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