Cloud Wireless Security Detection Engineer

Amazon; Maryland; On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is hiring a Security Engineer to build cloud-based detection systems for wireless threats at scale. You will own the detection engineering lifecycle, work with large-scale RF telemetry and sensor data, and develop data pipelines to surface actionable security intelligence.

You will apply AI-assisted workflows to automate data collection and triage, and conduct on-site validation when needed to confirm findings in the physical environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in security-related professional experience.
• 3+ years in detection engineering or security data analysis.
• 1+ years with wireless security tools (802.11/Bluetooth/IoT/cellular).
• Experience with log aggregation platforms (Splunk, OpenSearch, ELK).
• Experience with cloud hosting (AWS/Azure).
• Proficiency in Python for tooling and data analysis.
• Experience with threat modeling or risk identification techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain cloud-based detection logic for wireless threats using telemetry from distributed sensor systems and enterprise security tooling.
• Analyze large-scale security data including RF metadata, wireless IDS alerts, syslog, and custom sensor telemetry to identify anomalies and trends.
• Develop data pipelines that ingest, normalize, and enrich wireless telemetry for continuous assessment and detection.
• Own wireless security investigations from framing through outcome delivery.
• Leverage AI-assisted workflows and automation for data collection, triage, and pattern recognition.
• Conduct targeted on-site wireless assessments when physical validation is required.
• Author risk-calibrated findings and drive remediation with facility owners and partner teams.
• Build tools and automation to increase detection coverage and operational efficiency.
• Present findings and analysis to senior leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Security engineering

Detection engineering

Data analysis

Python

Threat modeling

Wireless security

Cloud AWS/Azure

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related

Tools

Wireless capture tools

RF spectrum analysis

AWS

OpenSearch/ELK

Job description

Amazon is hiring a Security Engineer to build cloud-based detection systems for wireless threats at scale. You will own the detection engineering lifecycle, work with large-scale RF telemetry and sensor data, and develop data pipelines to surface actionable security intelligence.

You will apply AI-assisted workflows to automate data collection and triage, and conduct on-site validation when needed to confirm findings in the physical environment.