Cloud Security Response Engineer II - Automation & IR

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); 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 engineers for the Cloud Security Response team in Seattle to investigate and resolve security issues across 200+ AWS products. You will own security issues from identification to remediation, build automation, and collaborate with service teams to scale security responses with autonomous coding and AI-assisted workflows.

You will apply deep security judgment, mentor teammates, and communicate findings to both technical and leadership audiences while working in a

Qualifications

• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM field or 2+ years IT Security experience.
• Experience with cloud services and cloud security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Identify recurring security patterns and drive proactive solutions.
• Build automation to scale incident response procedures.
• Own and drive security issues from identification through resolution.
• Reproduce and validate security issues to understand vulnerability and impact.
• Communicate security status to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Scripting

Programming

Security code review

Education

Bachelor's/ STEM

IT Security experience

Tools

AWS services

Cloud security concepts

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking engineers for the Cloud Security Response team in Seattle to investigate and resolve security issues across 200+ AWS products. You will own security issues from identification to remediation, build automation, and collaborate with service teams to scale security responses with autonomous coding and AI-assisted workflows.

You will apply deep security judgment, mentor teammates, and communicate findings to both technical and leadership audiences while working in a