Cloud Incident Response Security Engineer (AWS)

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced security engineer to scale incident response and threat detection on AWS. You will perform and oversee incident response operations, become a deep technical resource for customers, and deploy automation to support security operations at massive scale.

The role requires 2+ years scripting, a STEM degree, CSIRT/PSIRT experience, and familiarity with AWS security services.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience
• Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
• Experience working as part of a computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) or Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT)
• Fluency building AI tools

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee incident response operations
• Become a deep technical resource that earns the trust of customer stakeholders before, during, and after a security event
• Independently contribute to teams that include Amazonians, partners, and customers to build and deploy threat detection and incident response capabilities
• Design, build, and deploy solutions to automate security operations and incident response on AWS
• Independently contribute to internal builder projects to develop new consulting engagement models and capabilities for customers
• Develop high-quality content, such as automation tools, reference architectures, and white papers to help our consultants, partners, and customers build on the work that we deliver
• Innovate on behalf of customers by translating your thoughts into actionable results
• Mentor and invest in our consultants, partners, and customers to raise the bar for our customers
• On-call required.

Skills

Scripting

Security incident response

Log analysis

CSIRT/PSIRT experience

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

AWS

Linux

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced security engineer to scale incident response and threat detection on AWS. You will perform and oversee incident response operations, become a deep technical resource for customers, and deploy automation to support security operations at massive scale.

The role requires 2+ years scripting, a STEM degree, CSIRT/PSIRT experience, and familiarity with AWS security services.