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# Senior Security Engineer

- **Company:** The Cybersecurity
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $178,400 - $226,700
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Code Review, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), Runbook, Scala (Programming Language), Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Services, Data Processing, Golang, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_dc164998f2afdacd96d9cf99bd0565bb

## About the Role

* 4+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools
 * 5+ years of experience identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans
 * 4+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review using common programming languages
 * Knowledge of at least two programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
 * Non-internship experience identifying industry security vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and remediation techniques
 * Experience serving as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team, * Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques (or equivalent)
 * Experience with security in service-oriented architectures, microservices, and web services, * Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, Go
 * Infrastructure as Code
 * COE processes

## Description

As a Senior Security Engineer in Amazon Optics, you will help set and maintain security posture for distributed services deployed across AWS regions. This onsite role in Annapolis Junction, MD focuses on reducing risk across physical access control, alarm monitoring, video surveillance, and device management while supporting long-term, scalable mitigations at fleet scale., * Lead security architecture reviews and threat modeling for services deployed across all AWS regions within a fully Infrastructure as Code environment, surfacing one-way-door technical decisions and advocating for durable long-term solutions

 * Design and implement security controls that centralize protections across the platform, reducing reliance on independent solutions by individual service teams
 * Create security frameworks, runbooks, and rubrics for new problem domains to support repeatable and scalable security outcomes across the organization
 * Drive security investigations, escalation handling, and root-cause analysis through COE processes to ensure systemic issues are permanently resolved
 * Review code and peer-produced architecture to support secure design, least privilege, correct authentication and authorization, and safe data handling
 * Influence security decisions with partner organizations by balancing risk trade-offs with business velocity and identifying practical compensating controls
 * Mentor and develop security engineers, including contributions to hiring assessments, promotion evaluations, and career guidance