Security Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare
AmazonSecurity Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare
AmazonLocation
Austin, TX
Type
Full-time
Posted
6/10/2026
Compensation
$159,300 - $202,400 per year
Job description
The Security Engineer role at Amazon Healthcare Security's Security Operations team focuses on safeguarding critical customer healthcare data. This position involves collaboration with various teams to enhance security measures and incident response for medical services. The engineer will work closely with detection and monitoring organizations to identify and mitigate security threats. The team is dedicated to maintaining patient privacy while fostering innovation in healthcare technology.
Requirements
- 2+ years of programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, or similar object-oriented languages.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques.
- 2+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
- Experience with AWS products and services.
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
- Understanding of HIPAA regulations.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate vulnerability reports, security alerts, and customer issues.
- Work alongside the Detection and Monitoring team to triage and improve security alerts.
- Perform risk assessments and identify security vulnerabilities in workflows.
- Advise engineering teams on security best practices including network security and secure system configurations.
- Collaborate with product development teams to integrate security solutions.
- Support security incident investigations related to infrastructure.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and provide support during non-business hours.
- Drive security automation efforts for monitoring and alerting key security risks.
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.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Amazon Com Services Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
3,290
FY2026
Approval rate
99.1%
FY2026
LCA certified
32,937
FY2026
Entry-level share
10.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
+9%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-44%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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