Security Operations Engineer, AWS Security Cloud Response

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking a focused Security Engineer to lead response efforts across AWS. The role blends attacker/defender mindset with scalable tooling, incident response, and risk-based decision making to protect customers and the organization.

You will work with diverse teams to design cohesive security responses, mentor colleagues, and drive automation at scale while balancing technical and business risks in a high-pressure environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP protocols.
• Experience programming in Python, Java, or C++.
• Information security certification.
• Threat modeling or risk identification experience.
• Experience implementing security solutions at business level.

Responsibilities

• Respond confidently to security incidents and prevent repeat incidents.
• Coordinate responses across teams during security events.
• Build security utilities to enable high speed, large scale operations.
• Evaluate security trends and coordinate appropriate actions.
• Communicate effectively with multiple audiences and levels.
• Mentor junior staff and share knowledge within the team.
• Fulfil regular on-call responsibilities.

Skills

Networking protocols

Python

Java

C++

Security certifications

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS services

Job description

Description

Amazon is looking for a focused Security Engineer who can take on a leadership role in responding to security issues across the largest cloud provider in the world. The right candidate must thrive in high-pressure situations, think like both an attacker and defender, and drive relevant teams to take the right actions in the right timeframes to mitigate risks.

We are looking for an individual who can balance technical risks against business risks and consistently drive for the right results. They must have the passion for engineering novel solutions to complex security challenges, and recognize and fill gaps in capabilities. The ability to quickly design and build internal-facing tools that enable scaled programmatic automation is a plus.

The successful candidate will have a good mix of deep technical knowledge and a demonstrated background in information security. We value broad and deep technical knowledge, specifically in the fields of cryptography, network security, software security, malware analysis, forensics, security operations, incident response, and emergent security intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Confidently and intelligently respond to security incidents, and proactively consider how to prevent the same type of incidents from occurring in the future.
• Design and coordinate cohesive responses to security events that involve multiple teams across the organization.
• Build security utilities and tools for internal use that enable you and your fellow Security Engineers to operate at high speed and wide scale.
• Evaluate the impact to the organization of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research. Coordinate responses as necessary across affected teams to do the right thing for our customers and our organization.
• Ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels of sensitivity, and multiple audiences.
• Recognize, adopt and instill the best practices in security engineering fields throughout the organization: development, cryptography, network security, security operations, incident response, security intelligence.
• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication and system security.
• Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities.

Additional 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.

A day in the life

AWS Cloud Response is responsible for the security of AWS Cloud services. Our primary focus is to ensure the security of the cloud by working with service teams, vendors, and other stakeholders (both internal and external) to solve security challenges at massive scale, from incident response to emergent patching to helping publish guidance for customer impacting issues. We also work to develop tools and systems, and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous improvements for our organization and AWS as a whole.

About The Team

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.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & 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.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic 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
• Information security professional certification
• 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
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS products and services
• Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++
• Experience in security operations, risk management, and incident response

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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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Company

Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A10583507