Senior AWS Cloud Security Engineer (Automation & Detection)

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Security is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to build and operate detection and mitigation services across AWS infrastructure in Seattle. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and security teams to protect customers at scale.

You will lead automation, threat hunting, and incident response efforts, mentor teammates, and evaluate new security technologies while delivering reliable, scalable protection for AWS services.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience.
• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience.
• 4+ 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 (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
• Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our detection capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale.
• Mentor and develop teammates both technically and professionally.
• Seek out, develop, and advocate for new technology to research, identify, and mitigate complex risks.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Security risk assessment

Scripting / coding

Languages (2+)

Threat detection / incident response

Tools

GuardDuty

CloudTrail

VPC Flow Logs

Job description

Amazon Security is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to build and operate detection and mitigation services across AWS infrastructure in Seattle. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and security teams to protect customers at scale.

You will lead automation, threat hunting, and incident response efforts, mentor teammates, and evaluate new security technologies while delivering reliable, scalable protection for AWS services.