Senior AWS Security Engineer — Automations & Scale

Amazon Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help build and manage automated detection and mitigation of cybersecurity threats across AWS infrastructure. You’ll work with data scientists, software engineers, and security teams to develop scalable security solutions.

You’ll mentor teammates, explore new technologies, and leverage AWS services to research, identify, and mitigate risks at massive scale, protecting customers worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
• Knowledge of networking protocols, to include HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby.
• 5+ years of experience performing security investigations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and/or incident response in the context of large organizations.
• Understanding of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groups.
• Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g., process lists, application logs, NetFlow).

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.

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help build and manage automated detection and mitigation of cybersecurity threats across AWS infrastructure. You’ll work with data scientists, software engineers, and security teams to develop scalable security solutions.

You’ll mentor teammates, explore new technologies, and leverage AWS services to research, identify, and mitigate risks at massive scale, protecting customers worldwide.