Security Engineer, AWS SOC — Detections & Automation

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Security Engineer for its UK SOC to design detections and respond to incidents within a fast‑moving cloud security environment. You will collaborate with data scientists, SDEs, and other security engineers to deploy innovative, scalable protections across AWS infrastructure.

You will join a UK team serving UK customers, contributing to industry-leading security programs, strategic improvements, and automation initiatives, including AI-driven approaches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent required.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP networking essential.
• Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar OO language.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a Security Operations Centre (SOC).
• Build detections to identify suspicious and malicious behaviour.
• Engineer innovative solutions and automation to improve processes.

Skills

BSc CS or equivalent

Networking protocols

OO languages

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Security Engineer for its UK SOC to design detections and respond to incidents within a fast‑moving cloud security environment. You will collaborate with data scientists, SDEs, and other security engineers to deploy innovative, scalable protections across AWS infrastructure.

You will join a UK team serving UK customers, contributing to industry-leading security programs, strategic improvements, and automation initiatives, including AI-driven approaches.