Security Engineer, Field Innovation, Security Search and Observability (SSO)

About the Role

The Field Innovation team, a Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) group within the AWS Security, Search, Observability, and Governance service team, is hiring a Security Engineer. This role focuses on building next-generation security capabilities using AI, working directly with customers to enhance security, search, observability, and governance services. You’ll contribute to services like AWS Security Hub, AWS CloudTrail, AWS GuardDuty, and the new AI-powered AWS Continuum, shaping how Fortune 500 companies operate.

Responsibilities

• Run early-access and gated previews of AI-powered security capabilities with customers, including threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and remediation guidance.
• Work directly with customers to implement security service features, lead threat-modeling sessions, and perform vulnerability assessments.
• Collaborate with third-party security providers to turn high-signal findings into correlated, high-fidelity detections.
• Design and implement detection content, reduce false positives, and expand coverage across cloud resources, runtime, and AI/ML workloads.
• Feed field and partner insights back into product development, influencing service roadmaps.
• Drive detection engineering best practices, including security-value evaluation and coverage measurement.
• Stay current with cloud security threats, including those targeting AI and ML applications.
• Collaborate across science, engineering, partner, and field teams to support global customers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common language (non-internship).
• 3+ years of troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks using command line tools (non-internship).
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or 3+ years of IT Security experience.
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or C++.
• Experience in security activities across the SDLC (e.g., threat modeling, secure code review, security testing).
• Customer-facing role experience.

Pay

Base salary ranges by location:

• USA, CA, Santa Clara: $166,600.00 - $212,800.00 annually
• USA, TX, Austin: $159,300.00 - $202,400.00 annually
• USA, VA, Arlington: $159,300.00 - $202,400.00 annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue: $159,300.00 - $202,400.00 annually
• USA, WA, Seattle: $159,300.00 - $202,400.00 annually

Final compensation includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs), based on experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance), 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and more. Visit https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits for details.

Company: Amazon Web Services, Inc.