Wireless Security Detection Engineer II

Amazon; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Wireless Security is hiring a Wireless Security Engineer II to own detection engineering for wireless threats at scale. You will design cloud-based detection logic, ingest RF telemetry and sensor data, and surface anomalies for proactive security.

The role emphasizes data pipelines, AI-assisted workflows, and hands-on RF analysis. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in security, experience with detection engineering and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and a strong Python background.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of security-related professional experience.
• 3+ years of detection engineering or security data analysis.
• 1+ years of hands-on wireless security tools and concepts.
• Experience with detection engineering or anomaly detection in production monitoring.
• Experience with log aggregation and analysis platforms (Splunk/OpenSearch/ELK) or security data lakes.
• Experience directly working with cloud hosting technologies (AWS/Azure).
• Software engineering fundamentals with Python for tooling and automation.
• Experience applying threat modeling or risk identification techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain cloud-based detection logic for wireless security threats.
• Analyze large-scale security data to identify anomalies and trends.
• Develop data pipelines that ingest, normalize, and enrich wireless telemetry.
• Own wireless security investigations from framing through outcome delivery.
• Leverage AI-assisted workflows and automation for data collection triage.

Skills

Security experience

Detection engineering

Wireless tools

Anomaly detection

Log analysis tools

Cloud hosting

Python

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Splunk

OpenSearch

ELK

AWS

Azure

Python

Job description

Amazon Wireless Security is hiring a Wireless Security Engineer II to own detection engineering for wireless threats at scale. You will design cloud-based detection logic, ingest RF telemetry and sensor data, and surface anomalies for proactive security.

The role emphasizes data pipelines, AI-assisted workflows, and hands-on RF analysis. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in security, experience with detection engineering and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and a strong Python background.