Container Security Engineer II - Risk & Remediation

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security seeks a Security Engineer II for the AVM Container Domain Team in Arlington, VA. You will assess and remediate container vulnerabilities across ECS, EKS, and SageMaker, working with builder teams to patch fleets and strengthen container security posture.

The role emphasizes automation, scalable risk assessment, and on-call responsibilities to maintain secure container operations for AWS services. This is a full-time on-site position in Arlington, VA.

Qualifications

• 2+ years scripting, programming, and security code review in a common language.
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with CLI tools.
• Bachelor's degree in STEM or 2+ years IT Security experience.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP networking.
• Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Analyze vulnerability disclosures and exploit code for container images and orchestrations (ECS/EKS/SageMaker).
• Assess technical details and impact of container vulnerabilities across AWS services and infrastructure.
• Triage container findings; assess severity, exploitability, and risk context.
• Collaborate with builder teams to fix container security issues.
• Develop scalable risk-assessment mechanisms for container workloads.

Skills

Scripting

Security code review

Log analysis

Networking

Vulnerability remediation

Education

STEM degree or IT security experience

Tools

Python

Java

C++

Job description

Amazon Security seeks a Security Engineer II for the AVM Container Domain Team in Arlington, VA. You will assess and remediate container vulnerabilities across ECS, EKS, and SageMaker, working with builder teams to patch fleets and strengthen container security posture.

The role emphasizes automation, scalable risk assessment, and on-call responsibilities to maintain secure container operations for AWS services. This is a full-time on-site position in Arlington, VA.