Cloud Network Security Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,700 - 194,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking talented software engineers to join the Network Firewall team. You will design and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems that detect and mitigate DDoS attacks in real time, and you will own features end-to-end from requirements through deployment.

You will work with cross-functional teams across networking, security, and applied science, contribute to architecture decisions, and participate in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems that detect and mitigate DDoS attacks in real time, protecting AWS customers at massive scale.
• Develop deep packet inspection and traffic analysis solutions to identify malicious patterns and enforce network security policies across the AWS perimeter.
• Build and optimize data-plane and control-plane components for AWS Network Firewall, ensuring resilience under adversarial conditions.
• Own features end-to-end—from gathering customer requirements through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including networking, security, and applied science to research and deliver innovative anti-DDoS countermeasures.
• Contribute to system architecture decisions that balance performance, cost, and security trade-offs at cloud scale.
• Drive operational excellence through automation, monitoring, alarming, and participation in on-call rotations to maintain service availability.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical documentation to maintain high engineering standards and mentor peers.

Skills

Programming experience

System design experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking talented software engineers to join the Network Firewall team. You will design and implement high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems that detect and mitigate DDoS attacks in real time, and you will own features end-to-end from requirements through deployment.

You will work with cross-functional teams across networking, security, and applied science, contribute to architecture decisions, and participate in on-call rotations.