Penetration Tester

We are seeking a highly skilled Penetration Testing Engineer to join our team at Amazon. As a Penetration Testing Engineer, you will be responsible for manual assessment of all products, services, and software released by Amazon.

• Execute manual penetration testing and source code review engagements against a variety of web services and software.
• Develop other engineers and provide guidance on security best practices.
• Advise management on security risks and provide actionable long-term risk mitigation guidance.
• Write automation to help scale security testing at Amazon.
• Partner with Amazon developers to drive improvement in application security as a result of security review engagements.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or other related fields from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in professional penetration testing, source code auditing, bug hunting, or CTF experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in scripting in Python or other equivalent interpreted programming languages.
• Minimum of 3 years of professional experience with security engineering practices such as web application security, network security, authN/authZ protocols, cryptography, automation, and other software security.

• Experience with AWS technologies and services.
• Experience with penetration testing, red teams, CTF, or bug bounties.
• Experience with penetration testing tools.
• Experience with source code auditing.
• Experience with multiple programming languages.

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.