Amazon.com Services LLC

Technology

SecurityEngineerII,AWSCloudSecurityResponse

$159–202k Herndon, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Security Engineer II, AWS Cloud Security Response at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Cloud security, Incident response, Security automation. Investigate security issues. Resolve security issues”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive security outcomes; Prevent issues recurrence; Improve incident response efficiency; Reduce manual effort

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting

Eligibility Requirements

Follow-the-sun rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years scripting, programming, security code review, Bachelor's degree STEM or 2+ years IT Security, Experience with cloud services, infrastructure, or security, 4+ years information security, security operations, or engineering

Nice to Have

Develop code-level fixes or security patches, Deep understanding of IAM policies, roles, access control, Build automation for security operations or incident response, Proactive security engineering experience, Experience with AWS services and infrastructure, 2+ years Data & AI related technologies experience

What You'll Do.

Investigate security issues

Resolve security issues

Apply security judgment

Close security gaps through code

Build automation for response

Identify systemic risks

Drive proactive solutions

Form opinions on severity

Drive engineering teams

Conduct investigations

Build technical understanding

Communicate security issues

Challenge flawed analysis

Work in AI-augmented workflows

Mentor junior engineers

Coach junior engineers

Drive security outcomes

Partner with service teams

Partner with security teams

Validate remediations

Build automation for team

Identify security themes

Drive solutions to prevent issues

Engage cloud services architecturally

Assess and address risk

Identify recurring security patterns

Drive proactive solutions

Prevent classes of issues

Build automation to scale incident response

Drive security issues

Bring risk assessments

Bring security judgment

Reproduce reported issues

Validate reported issues

Develop understanding of vulnerability

Assess exploitability

Assess customer impact

Investigate security data

Analyze security data

Scope impact of issues

Inform remediation priorities

Develop code-level remediations

Partner with service teams

Close security issues through code

Communicate state of security issues

Escalate pace of resolution

Receive handoff from peers

Take ownership of issues

Assess real-world risk

Analyze security data

Understand customer impact

Engage service team engineers

Determine impact level

Work toward resolution

Develop code-level remediations

Build automation to address problem

Identify patterns across caseload

Point to systemic security gaps

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partnering with engineering teams; Partnering with service teams; Partnering with peer security teams

Communication Scope

Communicate complex issues

Process & Methodology

Issue lifecycle management

Full Job Description

The AWS Cloud Security Response team operates on the ‘AWS’ side of the Shared Responsibility Model, protecting our customers by ensuring the security of AWS Cloud services. Our engineers independently investigate and resolve security issues across 200+ AWS products, working hands-on with service code, security data, and cloud infrastructure at massive scale. This role goes beyond coordination. You will apply security judgment to drive outcomes, close security gaps through code, and build automation that scales how we respond to security issues. You will think strategically, identifying patterns that point to systemic risks and driving proactive solutions before issues recur. We are looking for security professionals who bring deep technical curiosity and the judgment to operate autonomously in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment. You will leverage the latest technology and tools to augment your capabilities, and you will partner closely with engineering teams to achieve security outcomes. Successful candidates should: - Exercise independent security judgment to assess risk, form informed opinions on severity, and drive engineering teams toward the right outcomes. - Take a hands-on investigative approach to security issues, building deep technical understanding of risk and customer impact. - Be technically proficient across security domains including network and operating system security, cryptography, software security, and incident response. - Communicate complex security issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels. - Challenge flawed analysis and escalate to senior leadership to ensure the best outcome for customers, even against consensus. - Work effectively in AI-augmented workflows, using generative AI tools to accelerate security work. - Mentor and coach junior engineers on security practices and professional growth. - Drive security outcomes across organizational boundaries, partnering effectively with service teams and peer sec

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