JobsSecurity Engineering Manager, Security Analytics and AI Research
Security Engineering Manager, Security Analytics and AI Research
AmazonSecurity Engineering Manager, Security Analytics and AI Research
AmazonLocation
Seattle, WA
Type
Full-time
Posted
5/27/2026
Compensation
$175,100 - $236,900 per year
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Approval 98.6%·Filings 19,451·New hires 10,113·
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·FY 2025Job description
Amazon Web Services is seeking a Security Engineering Manager to lead the Security Analytics and AI Research group within AWS Security Services. This team focuses on developing detection and machine learning algorithms for services like AWS GuardDuty and AWS Security Hub. The role involves managing a team of security experts to create innovative solutions for threat detection and response. Candidates should have a strong background in information security and a passion for large-scale security systems.
Requirements
- 3+ years of engineering team management experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 7+ years working in security research and engineering
- Experience with developing products
- Experience in one or more of cloud security, threat intelligence, malware detection, network security, and related fields
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
- Experience in threat detection engineering, including writing detection rules and managing false positive/negative tradeoffs at scale
- Experience with runtime security, network traffic analysis, or AI/ML workload protection
- Experience managing a team implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent
- Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and ATLAS frameworks
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of security experts building novel detection solutions at AWS scale.
- Own the security value of GuardDuty detections, leading operational reviews and prioritizing improvement opportunities.
- Collaborate with science and engineering teams to deliver detections to production across runtime, network, CloudTrail, and AI protection domains.
- Stay up to date with the ever-changing cloud security and threat landscape, including emerging threats targeting agentic AI applications.
- Work backwards from customers to drive product roadmaps and detection coverage improvements.
- Drive detection engineering best practices including attack simulation, security value evaluation, and coverage measurement.
Benefits
- Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.
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