Security Incident Response Engineer, AWS, AWS CorpSec Response

Security Incident Response Engineer, AWS, AWS CorpSec Response

Job ID: Amazon Web Services, Inc.

The Amazon Web Services team is looking for a passionate Security Incident Response Engineer who can lead the response to security issues across the largest cloud provider in the world. You must thrive in dynamic/ambiguous situations, and think like both an attacker and defender, while working through the entire incident response lifecycle. You'll be working in a global team environment where clear and accurate communication and collaboration on security issues is critical.

In this role you'll be conducting 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. We don't expect you to be an expert in all of the domains mentioned above, but we do expect you to be excited to learn about them!

You'll 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
2. 2+ years or more of demonstrated experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security.
3. 1+ years of experience on a Security Operations team, coordinating responses to security incidents.
4. Proficiency with one high–level programming or scripting language.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 1+ years experience performing detection engineering in a dedicated or hybrid capacity supporting incident response and threat intel operations.
2. 2+ years experience working in incident response, security automation tooling, threat intelligence, or forensics.
3. Experience with Amazon Web Services.
4. Experience in Security Incident Response 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.

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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.