Security & Compliance Engineer I — AWS Cloud Security + Equity

VulnU; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Security & Compliance Engineer I in Herndon, VA, to help build and operate AWS security and compliance solutions for highly regulated customers. You will write code and policy-as-code, review designs, and contribute to automated security controls across Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation.

You will collaborate on risk assessments, escalate issues, and communicate security risk clearly to leadership while traveling to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing.

Responsibilities

• Implement custom security controls, enforcements, detections, and automated remediations.
• Contribute to IaC modules for Landing Zones, Control Tower customizations, and security baselines.
• Write Python and policy-as-code to extend preventive and detective controls.
• Participate in code, IaC, and design reviews; provide feedback.
• Contribute to POCs on emerging technologies; document findings.
• Implement continuous compliance monitoring checks and dashboards.

Skills

Web security basics

Penetration testing

Code scripting

Python

Cloud architecture

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

cfn-guard

OPA Rego

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Security & Compliance Engineer I in Herndon, VA, to help build and operate AWS security and compliance solutions for highly regulated customers. You will write code and policy-as-code, review designs, and contribute to automated security controls across Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation.

You will collaborate on risk assessments, escalate issues, and communicate security risk clearly to leadership while traveling to customer sites as needed.