Manager, Red Team, Bots & DDoS Threat Intelligence

Amazon.com Inc

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Automation, Campaigns, Content Delivery Network (CDN), Denial of Service (DoS), Internet/Online Service, Leadership, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Risk, SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Team Lead/Manager, Web Browsers, Web Infrastructure
POSTED
12 days ago

Application deadline: Jun 17, 2026

Amazon Traffic Engineering is looking for an experienced manager to lead a new Red Team focused on bot mitigation and DDoS defense. You"ll build and grow a team of elite offensive security engineers who simulate real-world bot attacks and DDoS campaigns against Amazon"s internet-facing infrastructure, directly improving the defenses that serve billions of requests daily.

Traffic Engineering securely connects all customers worldwide to SDO services and Stores marketplaces. We focus on protecting and optimizing internet-facing services, while meeting the evolving standards of the public-facing internet. As GenAI capabilities rapidly advance, with AI agents autonomously browsing the web, agentic browsers executing multi-step tasks, and LLM-powered bots capable of mimicking human behavior at scale, the threat landscape is fundamentally shifting. As the founding Red Team Manager, you will define the offensive strategy for identifying and simulating these novel AI-driven threats before they become commonplace, ensuring Amazon"s defenses stay ahead of adversaries leveraging autonomous agents for scraping, inventory manipulation, and distributed attacks.

Key job responsibilities

  • Recruit, mentor, and grow a team of offensive security engineers
  • Plan and run intelligence-driven red team operations targeting bot detection platforms, WAFs, CDN protections, and DDoS mitigation services; develop custom tooling for anti-detect browser automation, TLS fingerprint manipulation, and behavioral replay
  • Identify and simulate emerging AI-driven attack vectors including autonomous browsing agents, LLM-powered bots, agentic scraping before they become widespread, keeping Amazon"s defenses ahead of the curve
  • Establish workflows with bot detection engineering teams to translate offensive findings into measurable defensive improvements
  • Report findings as executive summaries for senior leadership in business risk language and detailed technical breakdowns for engineering teams to drive remediation

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles