Sr. Security Engineering Manager, Healthcare Security

Company: Amazon
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 4, 2026

Job Description:

We are looking for a Sr. Security Engineering Manager to lead a team of security engineers, developers, and technical program managers. Successful candidates for this position must have experience growing and coaching a highly qualified team of software and security engineers. You must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment. You will invent mechanisms that scale to meet broad and diverse needs of Amazon customers and business teams. You will have strong customer obsession, working to deeply understand the needs of your customers and relentlessly looking to improve their experience and make them more productive. The ideal candidate has strong technical knowledge in secure software development, experience designing and implementing security controls for multiple consumer product launches, high judgment to prioritize and address security risks, and experience holding high standards for security controls and work products. We are looking for someone who takes pride in meaningful work that will improve healthcare outcomes for customers. Key job responsibilities - Own the security architecture for products that will enforce and enable secure development of Amazon’s healthcare services and continue to protect customer data. - Partner with engineering leaders in Amazon Health Services to reduce the friction for builders to develop services that are secure by design. - Work closely with your customers, partner teams, and foundational engineering teams to ensure the needs of your customers are clearly understood and effectively addressed. - Drive adoption and integration of Amazon's paved path security solutions across subsidiaries. - Recruit, coach, develop, and scale a team of world class security engineers, providing strategic and tactical oversight to maintain a motivated, innovative, and effective team. A day in the life This position within the Healthcare Security team represents a rare opportunity to get in with a fast-growing business. You will lead teams to design secure architecture and build layers of security controls to protect customer information and our infrastructure. A successful candidate will bring deep technical security and software expertise, strong business acumen, and judgment. You will use your ability to define ground breaking products, hire and lead teams, and demonstrate an ability to work within a fast-moving environment to rapidly deliver services that have broad business impact. In this role, you will lead your team to partner with the engineering teams to deliver software services that are designed for security from the outset and launched with a high security bar. You will continue to raise the security bar of services in production and ensure that there are mechanisms and metrics to improve security. You will define the right long-term security architecture partnering with our engineering leaders, and deliver innovative ideas to improve security across both internal and third-party services that we use to deliver the customer experience. You will need to be an exceptional organizational leader, who can hire, grow and retain a diverse and talented team of cybersecurity professionals to deliver this mission. About the team About Amazon Security 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working 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 - 10 years of risk assessment and enabling organizations making security decisions experience - 10 years of team management and building (including coaching and mentoring) experience - 10 years of communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience experience - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field - Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent - Experience architecting, securing, and operating Amazon Web Services - 10 years of engineering team management experience - Experience with AWS - Experience building software services and security controls in the healthcare industry 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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 208,300.00 - 281,800.00 USD annually

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