Planetary-Scale Cloud Incident Response Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Security Incident Response Engineer to help customers respond to incidents at planetary scale in the cloud. You will lead incident response, build automated security operations, and collaborate across teams to deploy threat detection capabilities on AWS.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, collaboration with customers and partners, and ongoing on-call engagement to support security outcomes for AWS customers in Australia

Qualifications

• 2+ years scripting, programming and security code review (non-internship).
• Bachelor's degree in STEM or 2+ years IT security experience.
• Experience troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks via CLI.
• Experience in app security, incident response, cloud security, or related areas.
• Knowledge of general AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee incident response operations.
• Become a deep technical resource trusted by customer stakeholders before, during, and after a security event.
• Collaborate with Amazonians, partners, and customers to deploy threat detection and incident response capabilities.
• Design, build, and deploy solutions to automate security operations and incident response on AWS.
• Contribute to internal builder projects to develop new consulting engagement models.
• Develop high-quality content like automation tools, reference architectures, and white papers.
• Translate ideas into actionable results to innovate for customers.
• Mentor and invest in consultants, partners, and customers to raise security standards.
• On-call required.

Skills

Scripting / programming / security

Troubleshooting & log analysis

AI tools knowledge

Secure SDLC / security design

AWS product know-how

Security incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or equivalent IT security experience

Job description

Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd is seeking an experienced Security Incident Response Engineer to help customers respond to incidents at planetary scale in the cloud. You will lead incident response, build automated security operations, and collaborate across teams to deploy threat detection capabilities on AWS.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, collaboration with customers and partners, and ongoing on-call engagement to support security outcomes for AWS customers in Australia