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Manager, Security Engineering, AWS Security Incident Response

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $175,100–$236,900🗓 2026-05-27 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a regional team of security engineers in AWS Security Incident Response, driving the transformation from human-driven to AI-native security operations while managing high-severity incidents for customers.

Role type

Senior IC security manager (incident response & AI operations)

Builds

Automated triage workflows, AI-powered investigation agents, and human-in-the-loop security response systems

Domain

Cloud security, AI/ML operations, incident response

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Team leadership, security operations management, incident investigation, executive communication, automation strategy, AI/ML fundamentals, metrics-driven improvement, cross-team coordination

Preferred skills

Security certifications (SANS GIAC, CISSP), Master's degree, alert triaging, response automation development, ML architecture knowledge, fast-paced operations experience

Technologies

AI investigation agents, automated triage workflows, AWS environments

Responsibilities

Own day-to-day operations for threat detection, triage, investigation, and incident response; Manage investigation queue health and enforce response time targets; Engage directly with customer security executives (CISOs, VPs) during high-severity incidents; Drive the response-to-automation flywheel to improve detection and automation; Oversee engineers working alongside AI investigation agents; Partner with peer managers to maintain 24/7 follow-the-sun coverage

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership

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