Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Threat Mitigation & Defense

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a global leader in cloud services. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will build and manage services that detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats across AWS infrastructure, collaborating with data scientists, software engineers, and security teams to create innovative security solutions.

You will work with UK customers, interact with CISOs and AWS leadership, and help strengthen security programs, mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings.
• Experience identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans.
• Experience (non‑internship) in security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience (non‑internship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language.
• Experience (non‑internship) in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

Skills

AWS security

Threat identification & mitigation

Vulnerability research

Programming & code review

Log analysis & automation

Mentorship / Tech lead

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a global leader in cloud services. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will build and manage services that detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats across AWS infrastructure, collaborating with data scientists, software engineers, and security teams to create innovative security solutions.

You will work with UK customers, interact with CISOs and AWS leadership, and help strengthen security programs, mentoring junior engineers.