We are seeking a Security Engineer to join Amazon's Identity and Access Management (IAM) team. In this role, you'll collaborate with experienced engineers to participate in architectural reviews and threat models, while developing and supporting Amazon's IAM initiatives. You'll be at the forefront of ensuring secure access across our complex global environment, helping to develop policies and procedures for identity lifecycle management, and providing valuable input on authentication and authorization designs.

At Amazon, we believe in learning through doing. As a new engineer on our team, you'll work alongside seasoned security professionals who will mentor you in collecting and analyzing data, developing technical solutions, and communicating security concepts to diverse audiences. You'll gain hands-on experience with enterprise-scale IAM systems while contributing to projects that directly impact Amazon's security posture. We understand that IAM is a specialized field, and we're committed to helping you build expertise in this crucial security domain.

We're looking for individuals who are passionate about security, eager to learn, and ready to tackle complex challenges. You'll be joining a team that values innovation, embraces new ideas, and consistently strives to improve our security infrastructure. While prior IAM experience is not required, we seek candidates who demonstrate strong analytical abilities, excellent communication skills, and a genuine interest in identity security. If you're excited about starting your security career in an environment where you can make a significant impact while learning from industry experts, we want to hear from you!


Key job responsibilities
- Implementing SAST/DAST detections and applying security best practices to business units and applications.
- Protecting and securing Amazon authentication and authorization workflows.
- Participate in the analysis, troubleshooting, investigation and remediation of identity security related activities and events.
- Implement and maintain automated security audits to ensure identity workflows adhere to industry standard security requirements.
- Create and maintain scripts to automate the generation of reports across various technologies.
- Collaborate with other Amazon Security Engineers to support cross-team programs and solutions.
- Work with teams on technologies such as Windows Single-Sign-On, Kerberos, FIDO/FIDO2, Passwordless Authentication, AuthZ, AuthN and Auditing.

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.

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.

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.

Mentorship and 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.