Amazon Security Engineer Cloud Incident Response 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

720187172

The team manages the security and availability of AWS Cloud services. We operate on the ‘AWS’ side of the Shared Responsibility Model to ensure “Security of the Cloud” and to protect our customers. This role requires engineers to work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to solve security challenges at massive scale, and to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the organization.Key job responsibilities
- Supply oversight of in-flight security issues.- Communicate the state of these issues to various audiences, both technical and non-technical, at various levels of seniority (up to and including AWS’ Chief Information Security Officer).- Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier, and at the same time, sharing that benefit with all our engineers globally.Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Work/Life BalanceTraining and 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.

- BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or 3+ years’ equivalent technology and cyber security experience.
- Understanding of best practices across multiple security disciplines/domains.
- 5+ years or more of proven experience with a focus in areas such as systems, incident response, network, and/or application security.

- 6+ years or more of proven experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security.
- 2+ years of scripting/coding experience in any language (including Bash/PowerShell scripting). Previous experience in Python scripting would be ideal.
- Extensive knowledge of Internet security issues, cloud architectures, threat landscape, Linux/Unix tools and AWS services.