Job description

Lead the security team that protects the HR and Legal applications millions of Amazonians trust with their most sensitive data. You will own the strategy, the team, and the outcomes as we shift to continuous automated security evaluation and tackles a new generation of GenAI and agentic application threats. Key job responsibilities - Define your team's security strategy, including how your team threat models GenAI and LLM-backed applications, secures agentic workflows, and drives adoption of secure-by-default infrastructure across builder teams. - Design and evolve the team to match the work. Identify gaps in skills, roles, and coverage, restructure when priorities shift, and build a bench of future leaders who can operate independently. - Partner with VP-level builder leadership across HR and Legal organizations to align security priorities with business priorities, using data to make the case and negotiating when goals compete. - Own the transition from scheduled reviews to continuous automated evaluation. Set the roadmap, resource the investment, measure the outcomes, and course-correct as the model matures. - Build the operational mechanisms your team runs on: escalation paths, inspection cadences, delivery metrics, and feedback loops that surface problems early and scale without adding headcount. - Communicate the security posture and strategy for your domain to senior leadership. Write clearly, present confidently, and translate technical risk into business terms. A day in the life On a given day you might review a proposal for a new detection strategy covering LLM features across HR applications, coach a manager through a staffing decision, negotiate security priorities with a VP-level builder partner, or work through a team structure change to cover an emerging GenAI threat domain. You spend your time on the problems and people that set the direction for the next year and beyond, and you build the systems that keep the current quarter running without you in every decision. About the team SEALS is a team of security engineers and managers embedded with the development teams that build Amazon's HR and Legal applications. Your engineers partner directly with builders, reviewing designs and writing detections so security feedback arrives while the code is still fresh. You will collaborate with peer security teams covering finance and communications technology when risks cross domain boundaries. The portfolio is adopting GenAI and agentic capabilities fast, so the security problems are changing in real time. We value clear thinking over heroics, sustainable pace over crunch, and invest equally in technical and management career paths. 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. 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. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. - 10+ years of industry work with hands-on security engineering experience - Experience in risk assessment and enabling organizations to make security decisions - Experience communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience - 5+ years of managing system or software development teams experience - Knowledge of information security risk-based prioritization - Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques - Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent - Experience architecting, securing, and operating Amazon Web Services Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit amazon.jobs for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs . USA, VA, Arlington - 208,300.00 - 281,800.00 USD annually

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Key job responsibilities
Define your team's security strategy, including how your team threat models GenAI and LLM-backed applications, secures agentic workflows, and drives adoption of secure-by-default infrastructure across builder teams.
Design and evolve the team to match the work. Identify gaps in skills, roles, and coverage, restructure when priorities shift, and build a bench of future leaders who can operate independently.
Partner with VP-level builder leadership across HR and Legal organizations to align security priorities with business priorities, using data to make the case and negotiating when goals compete.
Own the transition from scheduled reviews to continuous automated evaluation. Set the roadmap, resource the investment, measure the outcomes, and course-correct as the model matures.
Build the operational mechanisms your team runs on: escalation paths, inspection cadences, delivery metrics, and feedback loops that surface problems early and scale without adding headcount.
Communicate the security posture and strategy for your domain to senior leadership. Write clearly, present confidently, and translate technical risk into business terms.
A day in the life
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Why Amazon Security?
experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
Training & Career Growth
Work/Life Balance
10+ years of industry work with hands-on security engineering experience
Experience in risk assessment and enabling organizations to make security decisions
Experience communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience
5+ years of managing system or software development teams experience
Knowledge of information security risk-based prioritization
Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
Experience architecting, securing, and operating Amazon Web Services
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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