Manager, Application Security EMEA, EMEA Application Security

DESCRIPTION

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.

Amazon is continuously innovating new services and features for our customers. Our engineers invent, build, and sometimes break things to make them easier, faster, better, and more cost-effective. However, no matter what we're building - from websites to web services, AR to AI, drones to devices - security is always our top priority. The Amazon Application Security team focuses on working with our builders to provide experiences that our customers can trust. That means constantly learning new things and solving complex problems to protect the safety, security, and privacy of billions of lives on a global scale.

At Amazon, you'll be working with the best minds in technology and security. Learn and be curious here, and accelerate your career growth. You can take pride in knowing that your work is meaningful, having a positive impact on others and making the world a better place.

We are looking for an experienced security leader to join the Application Security team. As a security leader, you will own building and managing a team of security engineers, fostering a strong team culture. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong team. Passion and discipline around cloud computing is critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability.

As a manager on our team, you will recruit and lead a team of top-notch application security engineers to solve interesting security challenges that arise when Amazon invents new technologies. You'll help them develop their skills and their careers as you tackle those challenges and contribute to Amazon's overall security and privacy strategy.

Key job responsibilities

1. You will lead, manage, and develop a team of Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers responsible for Application Security (AppSec) of Amazon services.
2. You will lead the strategic direction and evolution of the Application Security review team/s, including setting goals and establishing priorities.
3. You will set the direction for the team by driving strategic initiatives, influencing leadership, key stakeholders, and partnering with teams throughout Amazon.
4. You will develop a healthy and collaborative culture and enable the team to deliver results.
5. You will lead effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
6. You will implement improvements to internal program and process.
7. You will write and deliver high-quality documents for technical and non-technical audiences.
8. You will drive the adoption of security processes, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency.

1. BA/BS in computer science, information security, related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
2. Extensive experience and expertise in leading, managing & developing high performance teams.
3. Extensive experience in leading the team of cybersecurity engineers or related field.

1. Hands-on knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, risk analysis, and penetration testing.
2. Experience with multiple programming languages (such as, Java, Python, Perl, Scala, etc.).
3. Experience with vulnerability risk and impact assessment.
4. Experience in driving large, cross-organization initiatives.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon.

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.

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