Security Incident Response Engineer, AWS, Cloud Security Specialist

4 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Full time
Job Summary

The Amazon Web Services team is seeking a highly skilled Security Incident Response Engineer to lead the response to security issues across the largest cloud provider in the world. As a key member of our global team, you will thrive in dynamic and ambiguous situations, thinking like both an attacker and defender, while working through the entire incident response lifecycle. Clear and accurate communication and collaboration on security issues are critical in this role.

In this position, you will conduct security monitoring and response activities for the Amazon internal network. We value broad and deep technical knowledge, specifically in the fields of operating system security, network security, cryptography, software security, malware analysis, forensics, security operations, incident response, and emergent security intelligence. While we don't expect you to be an expert in all of these domains, we do expect you to be excited to learn about them.

You will apply your creative and critical problem-solving skills to quickly design and build tooling that enables programmatic automation at a massive scale. You must have a passion for engineering solutions to complex security challenges and recognize and fill gaps in capabilities. Above all, you should be passionate about information security, the threat landscape, and security automation and tooling.

A Day in the Life

This role offers diverse experiences and opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas, including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores. Amazon Security values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply, even if they don't meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas.

Inclusive Team Culture

Amazon Security is a team that values learning and curiosity. We have ongoing DEI events and learning experiences that inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

Basic Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent is required. You should have 2+ years of demonstrated experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security. Additionally, you should have 1+ years of experience on a Security Operations team, coordinating responses to security incidents. Proficiency with one high-level programming or scripting language is also required.

Preferred Qualifications

1+ years of experience performing detection engineering in a dedicated or hybrid capacity supporting incident response and threat intel operations is preferred. 2+ years of experience working in incident response, security automation tooling, threat intelligence, or forensics is also preferred. Experience with Amazon Web Services and proficiency in at least one of the following domains: Malware Analysis / Reverse Engineering; Digital Forensics; Security Tool Development & Automation; Programming/Scripting; Network & OS Security; Identity Management is also preferred.
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