Security Engineer I: Threat Hunting & SIRT Response

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Amazon in Arlington, VA is seeking a Security Engineer I on the Threat Hunting team within SIRT to proactively identify and mitigate undetected threat activity at scale.

You will develop detection capabilities, work with incident response, and build scripts for petabyte-scale analysis. The role requires 2+ years of security experience and a BS in a related field; AWS experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of security experience with web protocols and remediation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, CS, or related field.
• Experience solving problems by writing code or scripts.

Responsibilities

• Query large data stores to identify threat activities impacting customers.
• Support investigations with incident response teams.
• Analyze security logs to detect threat behaviors and devise hunting strategies.
• Author scripts and build capabilities for petabyte-scale threat hunting.
• Participate in on-call rotations and assist outside business hours.

Skills

Web protocols

Security remediation

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon in Arlington, VA is seeking a Security Engineer I on the Threat Hunting team within SIRT to proactively identify and mitigate undetected threat activity at scale.

You will develop detection capabilities, work with incident response, and build scripts for petabyte-scale analysis. The role requires 2+ years of security experience and a BS in a related field; AWS experience preferred.