Cloud Security Incident Response Engineer (CSIRT)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an experienced Security Incident Response Engineer to help customers respond to security incidents and automate security operations at planetary scale in the cloud.

You will work with AWS service teams to build threat detection capabilities, design scalable security solutions, and mentor teams while on call for incident response events across diverse global customers.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (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 code review

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or 2+ years IT Security experience

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an experienced Security Incident Response Engineer to help customers respond to security incidents and automate security operations at planetary scale in the cloud.

You will work with AWS service teams to build threat detection capabilities, design scalable security solutions, and mentor teams while on call for incident response events across diverse global customers.