The Security Engineer II role at Amazon Healthcare Security's Detections & Monitoring team focuses on designing, building, and operating detection and monitoring capabilities to protect Amazon Health Services. The team works at the intersection of detection engineering and security operations, leveraging AI and automation to enhance security measures. Candidates will collaborate with engineering teams and incident responders to ensure rapid threat detection and investigation while maintaining compliance with HIPAA. This position offers opportunities to innovate in the field of security within healthcare environments.

• 5+ years of security-related professional experience
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 2+ years of IT Security experience
• Experience directly working with cloud hosting technologies such as AWS or Azure
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or similar programming languages
• Experience with log aggregation and analysis platforms like Splunk or ELK
• Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, or the containers ecosystem
• Experience building detection-as-code frameworks or custom detection pipelines
• Understanding of generative AI technologies and security risks in agentic architectures
• Familiarity with HIPAA compliance requirements for healthcare data

• Design, build, and maintain detection-as-code capabilities across cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Develop and deploy detections and monitoring for AI services and agentic applications.
• Build automated investigation and response workflows to enhance operational efficiency.
• Monitor telemetry data and alerting systems for signs of compromise or abuse.
• Triage and correlate alerts to identify patterns and reduce noise.
• Lead and participate in incident response activities, including detection and investigation.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve observability and embed detection capabilities.
• Identify gaps in visibility and translate threat landscapes into detection solutions.
• Develop and maintain security documentation including detection coverage maps and runbooks.

• 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.