Senior Security Engineer: Threat Modeling & Automation Lead

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

Job summary

Amazon Security in Austin, TX is seeking a seasoned security engineer to analyse applications and services, identify issues, build automation, and respond quickly to new threats. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to security guidance and tooling.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, cross‑team collaboration, and hands‑on work across cloud and devices, with opportunities for career growth within a diverse security organization.

Qualifications

• 4+ years troubleshooting systems issues and log analysis.
• 5+ years identifying security issues and risk mitigation.
• 4+ years scripting and security code review in common languages.
• Experience mentoring or leading engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyse the security of applications and services and address issues.
• Build security automation and respond to new threat scenarios.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide security guidance to teams.
• Develop security metrics and tooling and contribute to training.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Security analysis

Scripting

Mentor / Tech lead

Programming languages

Tools

Command line tools

Security tooling

Job description

Amazon Security in Austin, TX is seeking a seasoned security engineer to analyse applications and services, identify issues, build automation, and respond quickly to new threats. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to security guidance and tooling.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, cross‑team collaboration, and hands‑on work across cloud and devices, with opportunities for career growth within a diverse security organization.