Security Engineering Manager, AWS Security Corporate Response

Amazon; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon’s Corporate Security Response (AWS CorpSec) seeks a Security Engineering Manager to act as APAC Site Lead in Melbourne. You will lead a hands-on security engineering team, drive complex investigations, and shape autonomous tooling while upholding operational excellence.

You will mentor engineers across incident response, threat analytics, forensics, and security automation. This is a role for hands-on leadership at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of managing and developing teams.
• 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment.
• Knowledge of security of web services, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive complex security investigations end-to-end — from triage through containment, remediation, and closure.
• Lead cross-functional incident coordination with Legal, Security, and engineering leadership, delivering clear risk assessments and recommended actions.
• Define investigation user stories that codify expert security tradecraft into autonomous agent behavior.
• Recruit, develop, and retain security engineers who thrive in ambiguity and drive outcomes through direct action.
• Identify recurring patterns and deliver detection rules and automation to close gaps.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Job description

Security Engineering Manager, AWS Security Corporate Response

Job ID: 10435027 | Amazon Corporate Services Pty Ltd

Amazon's Corporate Security Response (AWS CorpSec) team is the front line defending one of the world's largest and most complex corporate environments. We detect, investigate, and respond to security threats across Amazon — from targeted campaigns to advanced persistent threats — operating as part of a global, follow-the-sun security response capability.

We are seeking a Security Engineering Manager to serve as a Site Lead for our APAC location. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you will lead a team of security engineers while personally driving complex investigations, shaping autonomous security tooling, and raising the bar for operational excellence across the team. This is not a coordination role. You will investigate. You will build. You will lead from the front.

Key job responsibilities

Lead Security Incident Response Operations

• Own and drive complex security investigations end-to-end — from triage through containment, remediation, and closure
• Lead cross-functional incident coordination with Legal, Security, and engineering leadership, delivering clear risk assessments and recommended actions
• Maintain situational awareness of the global threat landscape and translate intelligence into actionable defensive measures

Shape Autonomous Security Investigation

• Define investigation user stories that codify expert security tradecraft into autonomous agent behavior
• Own the quality feedback loop: review agentic output, validate scoring, and drive precision/recall toward production targets
• Review guardrails and policies governing autonomous agent actions, balancing automation velocity with safety

Build and Lead a High-Performing Team

• Recruit, develop, and retain security engineers who thrive in ambiguity, form independent risk assessments, and drive outcomes through direct action
• Provide technical mentorship across incident response, threat analysis, forensics, and security automation

Drive Automation and Process Improvement

• Identify recurring patterns and systemic gaps, then deliver detection rules and automation to close them
• Lead the transition from manual investigation to scalable agentic capabilities, measuring throughput improvements

About the team

CorpSec Response operates 24/7 as a global, follow-the-sun team protecting Amazon's corporate infrastructure. We combine deep human expertise with leading autonomous investigation capabilities. Our engineers are hands-on investigators who also shape the AI systems that augment their work — creating a unique feedback loop between human security expertise and machine-scale automation.

Inclusive Team Culture

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Work-Life Balance

We value sustainable performance. Our follow-the-sun model means you're not carrying a pager 24/7 — your node owns its shift, and clean handoffs are a core operational discipline.

Growth and Impact

This role offers a rare combination: hands-on technical security work at massive scale, leadership of a high-performing team, and direct influence over an AI-augmented security platform. You'll grow as both a security practitioner and a technical leader.

Mentorship and Career growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of managing and developing teams experience
• 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• Knowledge of security of web services, video content protection technologies, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• information security professional certification (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
• Experience managing remote team members

Acknowledgement of country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement

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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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.