Security Incident Response Engineer, Security Posture Improvement and Resilience Engineering
AmazonSecurity Incident Response Engineer, Security Posture Improvement and Resilience Engineering
AmazonLocation
San Francisco, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/17/2026
Compensation
$159,300 - $212,800 per year
Job description
Twitch is seeking a Security Incident Response Engineer to join their Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). This role focuses on identifying, managing, and learning from security incidents across Twitch's global platform. The ideal candidate will coordinate responses to emerging security issues and enhance the organization's defenses. If you are passionate about protecting communities and solving complex security challenges, this position may be for you.
Requirements
- 3+ years of information security and compliance experience, or a Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent.
- Automation experience using scripting or programming languages such as Go, Python, Ruby, Shell, or Perl.
- Ability to securely design and implement AI/ML-driven playbooks to automate common security operations.
- Experience coordinating responses to security incidents.
- Knowledge of security issues and threat landscape.
- Background in cloud, host, network, and application security.
- Familiarity with common Incident Response frameworks or lifecycle models like NIST-800-61, ISO/IEC 27035.
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Security, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience and familiarity with streaming and content creation.
- Experience handling security incidents in a hybrid cloud environment (AWS, GCP) and conducting log dives on cloud telemetry like CloudTrail.
Responsibilities
- Participate in an on-call rotation that includes peers on the Security Incident Response Team.
- Qualify reports or alerts of activity as security incidents using clear guidelines.
- Evaluate the potential and realized impact of security incidents to Twitch.
- Analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures.
- Participate or create information sharing groups and communicate securely.
- Write and follow clear procedures for accountability and improvement.
- Communicate with peers and leadership about the timeline of security-related events.
- Coordinate security incident response activities with affected teams.
- Investigate, document, and implement detection, enrichment, triage, response, and communication automations.
- Lead lessons learned discussions and help teams effect change to reduce incident recurrence.
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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