Security Engineer, AWS SOC Incident Response

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Security Engineer within a dynamic team dedicated to safeguarding digital assets. In this pivotal role, you will monitor and analyze security alerts, develop detection rules, and conduct in-depth investigations of security incidents. Collaborating with diverse teams, you'll enhance threat intelligence and improve incident response procedures. This innovative firm offers a unique opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment that values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you're passionate about security and eager to make an impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent required.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++ is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Detect and analyze security alerts to respond to potential threats.
• Conduct investigations of security incidents and coordinate responses.

Skills

Networking protocols (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP)

Python

Ruby

Go

Swift

Java

.Net

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

AWS products and services

Security information and event management systems

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Amazon Web Services Security Operations Center AWS-SOC Team manages security issues across the globe. The team is looking for a highly motivated, technically inclined individual to work as a Security Engineer. A successful candidate will need to embody our 16 leadership principles; especially in Learn and Be Curious, Earns Trust, and Dives Deep. You will work from the LHR14, London SOC location. You need to be comfortable working in a dynamic technical, and at times, ambiguous environment.

Key job responsibilities

1. Detect, monitor and analyze security alerts from various sources to detect and respond to potential threats in real-time.
2. Develop, implement, and fine-tune detection rules and correlation logic to improve threat detection capabilities.
3. Conduct in-depth investigations of security incidents, perform forensic analysis, and coordinate incident response activities.
4. Maintain and optimize security information and event management systems and other security tools used in the SOC.
5. Collaborate with other teams to enhance threat intelligence, improve incident response procedures, and provide regular reports on security posture.

A day in the life

As a Security Engineer in Detections, your day revolves around safeguarding our digital assets. This position supports other AWS Security Engineers with security engineering, security operations and incident response activities. You will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating security response activities, fine-tuning detection rules. You'll investigate potential incidents, collaborate with threat intelligence teams, and develop new detection algorithms.

About the team

AWS-SOC Team manages security issues across the globe. A security engineer within the team is responsible for maintaining physical and logical security for customers.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
2. Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP.
3. Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience with AWS products and services.
2. Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security.
3. Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++.

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