Senior Incident Response Engineer - Leo Security Hybrid

VulnU; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon Leo is seeking a Senior Incident Response Engineer to join the Leo Incident Response Operations team in Redmond, WA. You will triage, investigate, and coordinate response to security incidents affecting satellite networking and related services.

You will develop automation, mentor junior engineers, and partner with Legal, Security, and engineering teams to improve detection, containment, and recovery workflows. A strong background in incident response and cloud security is required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience across security domains including incident response and cloud security.
• 4+ years troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command line tools.
• 5+ years identifying security issues and developing mitigation plans.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or engineering-team leadership.
• Experience with threat modeling or risk identification techniques.
• Experience with security in microservices/web services.

Responsibilities

• Triage and respond to security issues across Amazon Leo environments.
• Escalate to senior leadership when needed.
• Develop automation to improve tooling and scale.
• Mentor junior staff and share knowledge.
• Participate in cross-team collaboration with internal builders, Legal, and Leadership.

Job description

Amazon Leo is seeking a Senior Incident Response Engineer to join the Leo Incident Response Operations team in Redmond, WA. You will triage, investigate, and coordinate response to security incidents affecting satellite networking and related services.

You will develop automation, mentor junior engineers, and partner with Legal, Security, and engineering teams to improve detection, containment, and recovery workflows. A strong background in incident response and cloud security is required.