The Security Engineer role at Amazon Global Media and Entertainment focuses on enhancing network edge defenses through data-driven security optimization. The team is dedicated to protecting customer experiences by developing threat models, analyzing traffic patterns, and implementing security controls. This position requires collaboration with engineering teams to ensure security measures are integrated before production launches. The role emphasizes proactive security improvements and incident response to safeguard millions of customers' entertainment experiences.

• 3+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools.
• 3+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.
• 3+ years of scripting, programming, or security code review in a common language, such as Python, Java, or C++.
• Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services.
• Knowledge of networking protocols, including HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP.
• 2+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security.
• 3+ years of experience with WAF rule tuning and optimization.
• 3+ years of experience troubleshooting and analyzing logs to detect and respond to anomalies, DDoS attacks, and API security threats.

• Perform traffic analysis to identify anomalies in request headers, cookies, and payloads that indicate attacks.
• Design and implement custom WAF rules based on identified threat patterns balancing security with customer experience.
• Execute DDoS penetration testing against anti-DDoS protections to validate and enhance defense capabilities.
• Configure bot management solutions to distinguish between legitimate traffic and malicious actors.
• Build and maintain security dashboards for WAF and API metrics to improve visibility and accelerate threat detection.
• Develop threat models and conduct log analysis to improve security and optimization opportunities.
• Provide security engineering expertise to develop security designs and implement security controls for systems interacting with edge systems.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.