Amazon Security Engineer AWS Global Services 

United States, Texas, Dallas 

388922111

Key job responsibilities
• Perform and oversee incident response operations
• Become a deep technical resource that earns the trust of customer stakeholders before, during, and after a security event.
• Independently contribute to teams that include Amazonians, partners, and customers to build and deploy threat detection and incident response capabilities.
• Design, build, and deploy solutions to automate security operations and incident response on AWS.
• Independently contribute to internal builder projects to develop new consulting engagement models and capabilities for customers.
• Develop high-quality content, such as automation tools, reference architectures, and white papers to help our consultants, partners, and customers build on the work that we deliver.
• Innovate on behalf of customers by translating your thoughts into action-oriented results.
• Mentor and invest in our employees, partners, and customers to raise the bar for our customers.
• Periodic on-call required.A day in the life
As a Security Engineer on the proactive side of AWS CIRT, responsibilities include monitoring networks and systems for potential threats, performing triage for security alerts, documenting suspicious activity, and reporting issues so they can be adequately handled. You will work alongside our security engineers and partner teams to perform daily threat detection and incident response, using the full capability of AWS technologies and services to detect and mitigate cyber threats at a massive scale and help protect AWS Customers. You should also enjoy learning about the most up-to-date new technologies and procedures to protect information systems and data.
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- Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated experience in a technical field and understanding of security concepts and common security threats in host operating systems (Linux/ Windows), Network security concepts, log analysis and investigation.
- Familiarity with at least one functional scripting language (e.g. Python, JavaScript, shell scripting).

- Knowledge of common system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
- Understanding of the tools, tactics, and techniques used by threat actors during security events.
- Familiarity/experience with AWS services and security concepts.