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Security Engineer, Field Innovation, Security Search and Observability (SSO)
Job Location:
Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 159300 - 202400
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
1 October 2026 (20 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
29 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
The Field Innovation team is a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) group inside the AWS Security Search Observability and Governance service team. We work directly with customers to build next-generation security capabilities that help the worlds largest enterprises get faster return on value from security search observability and governance services.
We are hiring a Senior Security Engineer to work at the intersection of customer impact and AI. Our team builds and operates the detection correlation and vulnerability-management capabilities behind security services such as AWS Security Hub AWS CloudTrail and AWS GuardDuty as well as our newest AI-powered offering AWS Continuum which manages the full lifecycle of code vulnerabilities at machine speed. Youll work with customers to understand how they operate then partner with service teams to design and ship commercial-grade security products powered by modern AI including large language models AI-assisted development tools security agents and emerging frameworks. Your code ships to real customers and your architectural decisions will shape how Fortune 500 companies operate.
The Opportunity
Your impact here will be immediate and visible. Youll ship features that directly change how customers run their businesses and youll see the impact of your work in weeks not years. The team is small enough that your decisions carry real weight and large enough that youll always have someone to learn from.
This is a dual-facing role. On the field side youll work directly with customers to implement the latest features of our security services leading threat-modeling sessions performing vulnerability assessments with security agents and guiding remediation. On the partner side youll work with leading third-party security providers to identify their highest-signal findings and turn them into correlated high-fidelity detections. Across both youll design and implement detection content reduce false positives at scale and expand coverage across cloud resources runtime and AI/ML workloads. Everything you learn in the field feeds back into the product.
AI is not a side experiment on this team. Its a core part of the stack. Youll build with large language models AI-assisted development tools security agents agent frameworks and retrieval-augmented generation as everyday engineering primitives.
Key job responsibilities
Run early-access and gated previews of our newest AI-powered capabilities with customers including threat modeling vulnerability assessment using security agents and remediation guidance.
Work backwards from customers to shape detection coverage and influence service roadmaps feeding field and partner insights back to science and engineering teams.
Drive detection engineering best practices including security-value evaluation false-positive reduction and coverage measurement.
Stay current with the evolving cloud security and threat landscape including emerging threats targeting agentic AI and ML applications.
Collaborate across science engineering partner and field teams operating with flexible hours to support global customers and distributed stakeholders.
- 3 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- 3 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or 3 years of IT Security experience
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Experience in scripting programming and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- Experience in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
- 3 years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security experience
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience in scripting programming or security code reviewing in a common language such as Python Java or C
- Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) such as security design review threat modeling secure code review and security testing
- Experience working in a customer-facing role
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
We are hiring a Senior Security Engineer to work at the intersection of customer impact and AI. Our team builds and operates the detection correlation and vulnerability-management capabilities behind security services such as AWS Security Hub AWS CloudTrail and AWS GuardDuty as well as our newest AI-powered offering AWS Continuum which manages the full lifecycle of code vulnerabilities at machine speed. Youll work with customers to understand how they operate then partner with service teams to design and ship commercial-grade security products powered by modern AI including large language models AI-assisted development tools security agents and emerging frameworks. Your code ships to real customers and your architectural decisions will shape how Fortune 500 companies operate.
The Opportunity
Your impact here will be immediate and visible. Youll ship features that directly change how customers run their businesses and youll see the impact of your work in weeks not years. The team is small enough that your decisions carry real weight and large enough that youll always have someone to learn from.
This is a dual-facing role. On the field side youll work directly with customers to implement the latest features of our security services leading threat-modeling sessions performing vulnerability assessments with security agents and guiding remediation. On the partner side youll work with leading third-party security providers to identify their highest-signal findings and turn them into correlated high-fidelity detections. Across both youll design and implement detection content reduce false positives at scale and expand coverage across cloud resources runtime and AI/ML workloads. Everything you learn in the field feeds back into the product.
AI is not a side experiment on this team. Its a core part of the stack. Youll build with large language models AI-assisted development tools security agents agent frameworks and retrieval-augmented generation as everyday engineering primitives.
Key job responsibilities
Run early-access and gated previews of our newest AI-powered capabilities with customers including threat modeling vulnerability assessment using security agents and remediation guidance.
Work backwards from customers to shape detection coverage and influence service roadmaps feeding field and partner insights back to science and engineering teams.
Drive detection engineering best practices including security-value evaluation false-positive reduction and coverage measurement.
Stay current with the evolving cloud security and threat landscape including emerging threats targeting agentic AI and ML applications.
Collaborate across science engineering partner and field teams operating with flexible hours to support global customers and distributed stakeholders.
- 3 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- 3 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or 3 years of IT Security experience
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Experience in scripting programming and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- Experience in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
- 3 years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security experience
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience in scripting programming or security code reviewing in a common language such as Python Java or C
- Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) such as security design review threat modeling secure code review and security testing
- Experience working in a customer-facing role
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt 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 CA Santa Clara - 166600.00 - 212800.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
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