Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security

Come and build innovative services that protect our cloud from security threats.

As a Senior Security Engineer (SecEng) youll help to build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazons infrastructure. Youll work with data scientists software development engineers and security engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions at massive scale. Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers and preserves our customers trust in us. Youll get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that proactively protect every single AWS customer both internally and externally from security threats not many teams can say that!

Key job responsibilities
Research identify and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our detection capabilities.
Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale.
Mentor and develop teammates both technically and professionally.
Seek out develop and advocate for new technology to research identify and mitigate complex risks.

About the team
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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont 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 Amazons 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 its 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
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledgesharing training and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value worklife 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 theres nothing we cant achieve.

5 years of experience performing security investigations detection engineering threat hunting and/or incident response in the context of large organizations
Understanding of the Mitre ATT&CK framework
Experience developing and implementing security detections in cloud environments
Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g. process lists application logs NetFlow)
An understanding of network and web related protocols (such as TCP/IP UDP IPSEC HTTP HTTPS routing protocols)
Ability to develop code with at least one modern language such as Go TypeScript Python

Experience leveraging native cloud telemetry (GuardDuty CloudTrail VPCFlow R53 Resolver Logs) for detection engineering/incident response
Experience using common cloud services (IAM CloudWatch EventBridge Lambda EC2 VPC RDS S3) for security response/automation
Experience with data science big data analytics technology stack analytic development for endpoint and network security and streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka Glue EMR Spark Streaming and Kinesis)

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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.