Security Engineer, AWS Security
Core
Security Systems Engineer responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents in AWS infrastructure, ensuring compliance with Australian Government security requirements.
Role type
Senior SOC Analyst / Security Operations Engineer
Builds
SOC processes, automated detection rules, incident response playbooks, and security dashboards (via careerplan.io/jobs/10535106-security-engineer-aws-security-at-amazon)
Domain
Cloud Security / Cybersecurity / Australian Government Compliance
Required skills
incident response, threat detection, security monitoring, SIEM administration, log analysis, network traffic analysis, threat hunting, security frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, NIST), SOP authoring
Preferred skills
foundational systems knowledge (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP), cryptography, identity and access management, application security
Technologies
Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Sumo Logic, SIEM platforms
Responsibilities
Perform security event monitoring and incident management; develop and tune SIEM detections and correlation rules; conduct proactive threat hunting; investigate and respond to security alerts; support integration of security data sources; generate security metrics and executive dashboards; perform on-call duties
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC