CareerPlan

AWS Security Operations/Incident Response Engineer, US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security

Herndon, Virginia, United StatesFull-time$136k–$184k2026-11-11
Based in United StatesUnited States citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Lead security incident response and forensics for AWS National Security customers, analyzing logs, mitigating risks, and building security tooling.

Role type

Senior Security Incident Response Engineer

Builds

Security utilities and tools for internal use

Domain

Cloud security, National Security

Required skills

Incident response, forensics, log analysis, risk assessment, cryptography, network security, software security, malware analysis, security operations, emergent security intelligence

Preferred skills

AWS products and services experience

Responsibilities

Respond to security incidents and prevent recurrence, coordinate cohesive responses across multiple teams, build security utilities and tools, communicate risks to leadership, instill security best practices, fulfill on-call responsibilities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC