AWS Cloud Security Incident Response Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services UK Limited seeks a focused Security Engineer to lead responses to security issues across AWS. The role requires operating under pressure, thinking like attacker and defender, and coordinating multiple teams to mitigate risks.

The successful candidate will design internal tools, assess security trends, and mentor junior staff while on-call. Strong background in cryptography, network and software security is valued, with experience in incident response and security operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's 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.
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.
• Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Triage/assess security issues and engage with internal service teams to ensure timely remediation of issues, escalating internally as necessary to ensure appropriate levels of urgency and engagement.
• Participate in efforts to promote security throughout the Company and build good working relationships within the team and with others across Amazon.
• Demonstrate high capacity and tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and effective.
• Develop pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
• Mentoring of junior staff and proactively share knowledge sharing within the team and across the company.
• Assist with hiring new employees
• Fulfil regular on-call responsibilities.

Skills

Programming languages

Networking protocols

Threat modeling

Security solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Data Services UK Limited seeks a focused Security Engineer to lead responses to security issues across AWS. The role requires operating under pressure, thinking like attacker and defender, and coordinating multiple teams to mitigate risks.

The successful candidate will design internal tools, assess security trends, and mentor junior staff while on-call. Strong background in cryptography, network and software security is valued, with experience in incident response and security operations.