Security Engineer – Sec Escalations, Security Escalations

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in United States (Virginia) is seeking a Security Engineer for Sec Escalations. You will lead security improvement efforts, coordinate across teams, and drive AI-enabled incident detection and automated responses.

The role emphasizes ownership, communication with senior leadership, and delivering measurable security outcomes. Ideal candidates bring 3+ years identifying security risks, scripting experience, and a background in cloud security and incident response.

Qualifications

• 3+ years identifying security issues and mitigating risks.
• 3+ years scripting, programming, and security code review.
• Knowledge of two or more of: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience mentoring or leading an engineering team.
• Experience with security in cloud computing and AI security.

Responsibilities

• Act in a leading role as a Security Bar Raiser and coordinate long-term security improvements at scale.
• Collaborate across business and service teams to drive and track security enhancement projects.
• Develop executive-level reporting on project status and outcomes.
• Chair weekly security meetings with senior leadership and capture follow-ups.
• Identify security requirements by collecting inputs from business, security, and technical teams.
• Leverage AI and agentic technologies to enhance security workflows (detection, triage, response).
• Address bottlenecks, provide escalation management, and balance business vs technical needs.
• Partner with multiple teams across locations to ensure timely secure delivery.
• Clarify security objectives and maintain accountability chains.
• Drive security metrics delivery and improvements.

Skills

Security issue identification

Scripting experience

Scala/Java/Python

Mentor Tech Lead

Security frameworks knowledge

Job description

Security Engineer – Sec Escalations, Security Escalations

Job ID: 10503539 | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. We are looking for a passionate, innovative, results oriented Security Engineer. Security Escalations is responsible for driving innovative enhancements that raise the bar for how AWS employees interact with resources, systems, and data. You are someone who loves leading security improvement efforts and is committed to supporting the development and deployment of wide-ranging process improvements. You are passionate about the security of the cloud and you want to solve real business problems. We have a team culture that encourages innovation and we expect team members and management alike to take a high degree of ownership for their program vision and execution of ideas. You have experience applying AI and agentic technologies to security engineering workflows, including threat detection, automation, or incident response. You possess strong verbal and written communication skills, can operate independently, and have a consistent track record of delivery. You have a deep understanding of technical concepts and possess a broad understanding of AWS services. You are organized, detail-oriented, and drive towards improved security while advocating for customer needs.

Key job responsibilities

• Act in a leading role as a Security Bar Raiser. Consistently demonstrate Insist on the Highest Standards by evaluating and assessing security incidents, weighing in on root cause and remediation, and lead the coordination of conversations to craft and implement long-term improvements, at scale.
• Collaborate across business and service teams to drive, manage and track long-term security enhancement projects. Deliver results, own communication and status reporting.
• Develop written executive-level reporting on project status and outcomes.
• Chair a weekly security meeting with members of senior leadership, including contributing to the security discussions, driving the agenda, and capturing follow up items / actions to drive to completion.
• Identifying functional and technical security requirements by collecting inputs from business, security, and technical teams. Bar raise security posture in partnership with the service teams, identifying thematic issues for improvement and work with the service teams to implement.
• Leverage AI and agentic technologies to enhance security workflows, including automated threat detection, intelligent escalation triage, and autonomous incident response tooling.
• Address bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Partner with multiple teams across multiple locations with varying sets of priorities to ensure a timely delivery of the secure solution.
• Clarify and drive security objectives as well as establish and maintain clear chains of accountability.
• Drive Security metrics delivery and improvements.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• - 3+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
• - 3+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience
• - Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
• - Experience working in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans
• - Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
• - Experience with 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

Preferred Qualifications

• - Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
• - Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
• - Experience using AI-powered tools and automation to enhance security engineering workflows (e.g., AI-assisted threat detection, automated triage, or intelligent alerting)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.