CareerPlan

Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security

Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United StatesFull-time$178k–$227k2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon's infrastructure.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting)

Builds

Automated security detection and mitigation services for AWS cloud

Domain

Cloud Security / Cybersecurity

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Threat hunting, Incident response, Detection engineering, Networking protocols (HTTP/S, DNS, TCP/IP), Programming (C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby), TTPs analysis, Host and network telemetry analysis

Preferred skills

Threat detection in enterprise environments, Analytic development for endpoint/network security, Cloud security services (IAM, Lambda, EC2, VPC, S3), GenAI, Machine learning, Big data analytics, Streaming technologies (Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis)

Technologies

AWS (IAM, Lambda, EC2, VPC, S3), Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis

Responsibilities

Research and prioritize security problems detectable via automation, Develop detection prototypes, Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale, Mentor and develop teammates, Advocate for new technologies to mitigate complex risks

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities