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Security Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare

Amazon

Location

Austin, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

6/10/2026

Compensation

$159,300 - $202,400 per year

Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.1% approval+9% YoY
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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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