AWS Cloud Security Engineer - Detection & Mitigation

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 159,000 - 202,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

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Paid time off
Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking skilled engineers to build innovative detection and prevention solutions for cloud security. You will research security problems that can be automated, develop prototypes to improve detection, and scale prevention across services.

The team values curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer growth opportunities, mentoring, and exposure to a broad set of AWS services and risk research areas.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM or IT security experience.
  • Knowledge of HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP.
  • 2+ years scripting and security code review experience.
  • 2+ years troubleshooting systems issues or automating tasks.
  • Experience across SDLC security activities is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
  • Develop detection prototypes to enhance detection capabilities.
  • Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale.
  • Mentor and develop teammates technically and professionally.
  • Advocate for new technology to research, identify, and mitigate complex risks.

Skills

Scripting
Security code review
Troubleshooting
Networking basics
Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or IT security

Tools

Hadoop
Hive
Spark
EMR
EC2
Lambda
S3
DynamoDB
SQS
GuardDuty
CloudTrail
VPCFlow
Route53 Resolver Logs

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking skilled engineers to build innovative detection and prevention solutions for cloud security. You will research security problems that can be automated, develop prototypes to improve detection, and scale prevention across services.

The team values curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer growth opportunities, mentoring, and exposure to a broad set of AWS services and risk research areas.

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