Security Engineer, AWS SOC Incident Response

The Amazon Web Services Security Operations Center AWS-SOC Team manages security issues across the globe. The team is looking for a highly motivated technically inclined individual to work as a Security Engineer. A successful candidate will need to embody our 16 leadership principles; especially in Learn and Be Curious Earns Trust and Dives Deep. You need to be comfortable working in a dynamic technical and at times ambiguous environment.

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Key job responsibilities
Detect monitor and analyze security alerts from various sources to detect and respond to potential threats in real-time.
Develop implement and fine-tune detection rules and correlation logic to improve threat detection capabilities.
Conduct in-depth investigations of security incidents perform forensic analysis and coordinate incident response activities.
Maintain and optimize security information and event management systems and other security tools used in the SOC.
Collaborate with other teams to enhance threat intelligence improve incident response procedures and provide regular reports on security posture.



A day in the life
As a Security Engineer in Detections your day revolves around safeguarding our digital assets. This position supports other AWS Security Engineers with security engineering security operations and incident response activities. You will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating security response activities fine-tuning detection rules. Youll investigate potential incidents collaborate with threat intelligence teams and develop new detection algorithms.


About the team
AWS-SOC Team manages security issues across the globe. A security engineer within the team is responsible for maintaining physical and logical security for customers.

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 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 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.

- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience programming in Python Ruby Go Swift Java .Net C or similar object oriented language
- 2 plus years experience on a Security team especially experience coordinating responses to security incidents

- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security
- Experience with programming languages such as Python Java C

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 $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.