AI Security Engineer — AWS Cloud Security

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Austin, Texas is seeking an AI Security Engineer to validate that our applications and services meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security, address issues, and build security automation while mentoring junior engineers.

The role requires strong troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, with opportunities to learn from and collaborate with security leaders across AWS. You will contribute to security metrics and tools development.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and exploits development
• Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
• Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews
• Penetration testing
• Projects and research work as needed
• Security training and outreach to internal development teams
• Security guidance documentation
• Security tool development
• Security metrics delivery and improvements
• Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work

Skills

Web protocols

Security testing

Coding scripting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

AWS

Security tooling

Job description

Amazon in Austin, Texas is seeking an AI Security Engineer to validate that our applications and services meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security, address issues, and build security automation while mentoring junior engineers.

The role requires strong troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, with opportunities to learn from and collaborate with security leaders across AWS. You will contribute to security metrics and tools development.