# Director, Software Engineering - DC Security Systems, AWS Infra. Security

The Director, Software Engineering - DC Security Systems leads the global implementation of security controls within AWS data centers. From creation through data center retirement, this role is accountable for delivering innovative security controls that meet the business needs for scale and speed. This role coordinates across design, construction, networking, and partner software teams to deliver physical and logical controls through software and process innovation, and is accountable for both building innovative solutions and operating them at fleet scale. Infrastructure Security is looking for an experienced Director of Software Development to transform how we create and maintain data center security controls across Amazon. You will operate Tier-1 services foundational to AWS data center operations and define the approach for deploying security at the speed of modular builds while continuously raising the security bar across all of AWS. This opportunity is multi-disciplinary, requiring depth of knowledge and experience in security solutions, software development, building design, product management, AWS services, and cost control. It requires a leader who can deliver security so

- **Id**: 3838168
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-director-software-engineering-dc-security-systems-aws-infra-security>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: head
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Seattle, United States, Minneapolis, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-06T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T18:35:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 94
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6886
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Health insurance, Parental leave, Restricted stock units
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4548
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.885
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 264100
- **Max**: 350000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 350000

## Technologies

- **Anomaly Detection** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **Defense in Depth** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 94

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Management years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T21:38:06Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 23,961 · green card filings: 81; Filings 12m: 23961

## Liveness

- **Score**: 15
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.539
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 94
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 350000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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