The AWS Cloud Security Response team is responsible for ensuring the security of AWS Cloud services by investigating and resolving security issues across over 200 AWS products. This role requires security professionals to apply their technical judgment and drive outcomes through code and automation. Candidates will work closely with engineering teams to identify and close security gaps while mentoring junior engineers. The team operates in a fast-paced environment, leveraging the latest technology to enhance security operations.

• 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience in a common programming language.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
• Experience collaborating and influencing multiple teams across multiple organizations.
• Experience with cloud services, cloud infrastructure, or cloud security concepts.
• 4+ years of experience in information security, security operations, or security engineering.
• Experience developing code-level fixes or security patches for production cloud services.
• Deep understanding of IAM policies, roles, service principals, and access control mechanisms.
• Experience building automation to scale security operations or incident response processes.
• Experience with proactive security engineering such as identifying systemic patterns.
• Experience with AWS services and infrastructure at the code or architecture level.
• 2+ years of working with Data & AI related technologies.

• Identify recurring security patterns across AWS services and drive proactive solutions.
• Build automation to scale incident response procedures, improving efficiency.
• Own and drive security issues from identification through resolution.
• Independently reproduce and validate reported security issues.
• Investigate and analyze security data to scope the impact of security issues.
• Develop and validate remediations through hands-on code engagement.
• Communicate the state of security issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Document work to allow incoming shifts to continue driving issues to resolution.

• 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.