Senior Security Engineer — AI-Driven Field Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in the Austin area seeks a Senior Security Engineer to blend customer impact with AI-driven security. You will build and operate detection and remediation for AWS security services, shaping future threat coverage and integration with AI-assisted tooling.

This role emphasizes real-world customer work and scalable security engineering. You will collaborate across teams to implement features for threat modeling, detection, and remediation guidance, while addressing

Qualifications

• 3+ years scripting, programming, and security code review in a non-internship role.
• 3+ years troubleshooting systems, logs, or automating tasks using CLI.
• Bachelor's in STEM or 3+ years IT Security experience.
• Knowledge of industry security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• Experience with scripting and security code review using common languages.

Responsibilities

• Run field engagements, threat modeling sessions, and vulnerability assessments with security agents.
• Shape detection coverage and influence service roadmaps using field and partner insights.
• Drive security detection engineering, false-positive reduction, and coverage measurement.
• Stay current with cloud security threats, including agentic AI and ML risks.
• Collaborate across science, engineering, partner, and field teams.

Skills

3+ years scripting

3+ years troubleshooting

Security code review

Bachelor's in STEM or IT Security exp

Knowledge of security vulnerabilities

Python / Java / C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

AWS products

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in the Austin area seeks a Senior Security Engineer to blend customer impact with AI-driven security. You will build and operate detection and remediation for AWS security services, shaping future threat coverage and integration with AI-assisted tooling.

This role emphasizes real-world customer work and scalable security engineering. You will collaborate across teams to implement features for threat modeling, detection, and remediation guidance, while addressing