Security Escalations Engineer — AI Threat Response

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

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Security Engineer for Sec Escalations. You will lead security incidents, drive long-term improvements, and collaborate across teams to deliver secure solutions at scale.

Role emphasizes applying AI to threat detection and autonomous incident response, with a focus on ownership, clear communication, and delivering secure outcomes for AWS resources and data.

Qualifications

• 3+ years identifying security issues and risks with mitigation plans.
• 3+ years scripting, programming, and security code review.
• Knowledge of two or more languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience mentoring or leading an engineering team.
• Experience with security frameworks, IAM, incident response, cloud security, AI security.

Responsibilities

• Lead security escalation reviews and drive long-term improvements.
• Collaborate with teams to manage security enhancement projects and report status.
• Develop executive-level reporting on project outcomes.
• Chair weekly security meetings with senior leadership and drive actions.
• Identify security requirements by gathering inputs from business and tech teams.
• Leverage AI/agentic tech to enhance threat detection and auto-respond tooling.
• Address bottlenecks, balance business needs with technical constraints.
• Coordinate delivery across locations to ensure secure solutions.

Skills

Scripting

Programming

Threat detection

Incident response

Security engineering

Tools

Scala

Java

Python

C/C++

Go

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Security Engineer for Sec Escalations. You will lead security incidents, drive long-term improvements, and collaborate across teams to deliver secure solutions at scale.

Role emphasizes applying AI to threat detection and autonomous incident response, with a focus on ownership, clear communication, and delivering secure outcomes for AWS resources and data.