Hands-on AWS Cloud Security Response Engineer II

VulnU; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Security Engineer II for AWS Cloud Security Response in Seattle. You will identify recurring security patterns, own issue resolution from detection to remediation, and develop code-level fixes alongside service teams.

The role emphasizes automation, proactive security, and cross-team collaboration in a 24/7 follow-the-sun model. You will work with IAM, cloud infrastructure, and security data across 200+ AWS products, mentoring juniors and communicating findings to all

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent IT security experience.
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience.

Responsibilities

• Close security gaps by coding remediations alongside service teams.
• Build automation to scale incident response and security operations.
• Reproduce and validate reported security issues to understand vulnerability impact.
• Investigate security data to scope impact and guide remediation priorities.
• Communicate security status clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, up to senior leadership.

Skills

Scripting

Programming

Security code review

IAM policies

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

AWS services

Automation tooling

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Security Engineer II for AWS Cloud Security Response in Seattle. You will identify recurring security patterns, own issue resolution from detection to remediation, and develop code-level fixes alongside service teams.

The role emphasizes automation, proactive security, and cross-team collaboration in a 24/7 follow-the-sun model. You will work with IAM, cloud infrastructure, and security data across 200+ AWS products, mentoring juniors and communicating findings to all