Security Engineer, Threat Detection Services

Are you excited by the opportunity to secure hundreds of thousands of hosts, hundreds of millions of lines of code, and billions of online transactions, all on one of the most visited sites on the internet? Are you passionate about solving problems in an online world where threats grow ever more sophisticated?

At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate on behalf of our customers. The intense focus we have on our customers is why we are one of the world’s most beloved brands – customer obsession is part of our company DNA. Security engineers use cutting-edge technology to solve complex problems and get to see the impact of their work first-hand.

The challenges that security engineers solve at Amazon are big and impact millions of customers, sellers, and products around the world. Our path is not always simple, so we are selective about who joins us on this journey. There is a certain kind of person who takes on this role at Amazon – someone who is excited by the idea of creating new products, features, and services from scratch while managing ambiguity and the pace of a company whose ship cycles are measured in weeks, not years.
Come chart your own path at Amazon.

Responsibilities:

- Work with teams across Amazon to rapidly identify threats on Amazon's network and build threat detections.
- Develop detection engineering strategies to improve the detection engineering lifecycle.
- Build innovative tooling used to detect threats to Amazon.
- Research and develop mitigations for new cybersecurity exploits, vulnerabilities, tactics, techniques and procedures.
- Develop platform requirements used to enrich alerts, and automate remediation and response actions.
- Provide tactical detection support during security incidents.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Arlington, VA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Denver, CO, USA | Herndon, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of Security Engineering experience.
- Experience working with coding/scripting in one or more languages preference in SQL, Python, Java or Golang.
- Strong fundamentals of Operating Systems, Cloud Environments and Networking
- Previous experience in one or more of following domains: detection engineering, incident response, penetration testing, mobile security, cryptography, forensic security, malware analysis, threat intelligence, security research, machine learning, data science.
- Experience of common frameworks and models such as the MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain
- Strong written and verbal communicator to diverse audiences.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

- 5+ years of Security Engineering experience.
- Master’s in cybersecurity, information security, computer science or related technical degree
- Experience with EDR technologies, automated incident response, sigma, federated and centralized logging, detection-as-code, infrastructure-as-code, and container technologies.
- Experience with tools such as Suricata, Open Search, Splunk, and Git.
- Pursuing certifications (e.g., Offensive Security, SANS, TCM) and/or attending events (e.g., Capture the Flag [CTF])

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.