AWS Cloud Security Response Engineer

Amazon Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services UK Limited is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to lead security incident response and coordinate across multiple Amazon teams. The role emphasises designing scalable security tooling, proactive risk mitigation, and influencing security practices across the organization.

The candidate should have strong technical depth in cryptography, network security, and security operations, with hands-on experience in incident response and threat intelligence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS or related field.
• Experience with networking protocols (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP).
• Experience programming in Python, Java, C++, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Triage and remediate security issues with internal teams.
• Coordinate cross-team incident responses and communications.
• Develop pragmatic security solutions balancing risk and business needs.
• Mentor junior staff and support hiring activities.
• Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities.

Skills

Programming languages (Python, Java, C

Networking protocols

Incident response

Threat modeling

Security operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS services

Security tooling

Job description

Amazon Data Services UK Limited is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to lead security incident response and coordinate across multiple Amazon teams. The role emphasises designing scalable security tooling, proactive risk mitigation, and influencing security practices across the organization.

The candidate should have strong technical depth in cryptography, network security, and security operations, with hands-on experience in incident response and threat intelligence.