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Associate Security Engineer, AWS CIRT

Amazon

Location

Austin, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/24/2026

Compensation

$136,000 - $184,000 per year

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

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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