The Security Engineer role within the Enterprise Protection Program - Account Misuse Team focuses on identifying, investigating, and mitigating insider threats at Amazon. The ideal candidate will leverage advanced data analysis and threat hunting techniques to enhance security capabilities. This position offers the chance to work with innovative tools in a collaborative environment while making a significant impact on Amazon's security posture. The team values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from various backgrounds to apply.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools.
• 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language.
• 4+ years of fraud investigation, abuse, cyber-crimes, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• 2+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
• Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks.
• Experience in running SQL queries and data mining.

• Lead daily investigations into active insider threats using data from internal and external sources.
• Build sophisticated queries and process large datasets to identify and pursue potential insider threat activity.
• Apply deep analytical skills to uncover complex security patterns and anomalies.
• Develop proactive, innovative projects that leverage technical expertise to create innovative solutions.
• Design and implement tools for detection, mitigation, and prevention of insider threat activity.
• Drive security process improvements to strengthen Amazon's internal threat protection capabilities.
• Partner effectively with HR, legal, engineering, analytics, and prevention teams to execute security initiatives.
• Take ownership of complex security challenges and contribute to strategic security planning.

• 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.