Location
Austin, TX
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/24/2026
Compensation
$136,000 - $184,000 per year
Job description
The role involves working on incident response solutions at a planetary scale within the AWS Customer Incident Response Team. The team focuses on helping customers respond to security incidents and build threat detection capabilities using scalable architectures. As a security engineer, you will contribute to innovative security solutions and collaborate with various stakeholders. The position emphasizes the importance of cloud security and aims to secure environments for customers while promoting a culture of diversity and continuous learning.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing.
- Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings.
- Experience in application security architecture, security code reviews, and incident response.
Responsibilities
- Perform and oversee incident response operations.
- Become a deep technical resource that earns the trust of customer stakeholders.
- Independently contribute to teams to build and deploy threat detection capabilities.
- Design, build, and deploy solutions to automate security operations on AWS.
- Develop high-quality content such as automation tools and reference architectures.
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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