Cloud Threat Detection & Response Engineer

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

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle seeks a Security Engineer to advance threat detection, correlation, and response at scale for AWS customers. You will research emerging threats, develop criticality markers, and build rules that unify visibility across large data sources.

Collaboration with engineering and product teams will shape analysis and inference for cloud security. The role emphasizes evaluating threats, enabling automated responses, and expanding detection capabilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree in CS or related STEM field.
• 3+ years programming in Python, Java, or similar.
• Experience with Linux/Unix and networking protocols.
• Experience evaluating threats and vulnerabilities and automation.
• Experience with cloud concepts and AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience scripting and security code review in common languages (non-internship).

Responsibilities

• Research emerging threats and develop criticality and posture ideas.
• Build high-confidence markers and rules that correlate criticality across data sources.
• Scale analysis and enrich detections using ML or AI techniques.

Skills

Threat modeling

Python scripting

Java

Linux/Unix

Cloud concepts

Security engineering

Networking knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Bachelor's degree in STEM or IT Security

Tools

AWS Developer Tools

Command line tools

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Seattle seeks a Security Engineer to advance threat detection, correlation, and response at scale for AWS customers. You will research emerging threats, develop criticality markers, and build rules that unify visibility across large data sources.

Collaboration with engineering and product teams will shape analysis and inference for cloud security. The role emphasizes evaluating threats, enabling automated responses, and expanding detection capabilities