Security Engineer - CWE/SOC Automation & Response

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a security focused Engineer for the CWE program to expand the SOC and maintain security compliance in a high-pressure environment. You will balance business and technical risk, design internal tools for automation, and work with multiple teams to mitigate threats.

The role emphasizes hands-on security engineering across Windows, Linux, cloud security, incident response, and threat intelligence. On-call responsibilities and strong collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
• BS degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or 4+ years of technical work experience
• 3+ years of any combination of the following: application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, AI security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing experience
• Experience in enterprise software
• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience architecting, securing, and operating Amazon Web Services

Responsibilities

• Respond to security incidents and mitigate risks
• Design and coordinate cohesive responses to security events
• Build security utilities and tools for high speed, large scale operations
• Evaluate current security threats and plan actions to mitigate risk across teams
• Communicate effectively at different sensitivity levels
• Adopt best practices of security engineering across the organization
• Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Security tooling

Incident response

Linux

Windows

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

AWS services

SIEM tools

Network monitoring

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a security focused Engineer for the CWE program to expand the SOC and maintain security compliance in a high-pressure environment. You will balance business and technical risk, design internal tools for automation, and work with multiple teams to mitigate threats.

The role emphasizes hands-on security engineering across Windows, Linux, cloud security, incident response, and threat intelligence. On-call responsibilities and strong collaboration are required.