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Security Engineer, Field Innovation, Security Search and Observability (SSO)

Amazon

Location

Austin, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/30/2026

Compensation

$159,300 - $212,800 per year

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

Job description

The Senior Security Engineer will join the Field Innovation team within AWS Security, focusing on building next-generation security capabilities. This role involves working directly with customers to enhance security services through AI-powered solutions. The engineer will collaborate with service teams to design and implement commercial-grade security products. The position emphasizes immediate impact and visibility, allowing the engineer to influence how Fortune 500 companies operate.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language.
  • 3+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools.
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 3+ years of IT Security experience.
  • Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
  • Experience with AWS products and services.
  • Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

  • Run early-access and gated previews of AI-powered capabilities with customers.
  • Work backwards from customers to shape detection coverage and influence service roadmaps.
  • Drive detection engineering best practices, including security-value evaluation and false-positive reduction.
  • Stay current with the evolving cloud security and threat landscape.
  • Collaborate across science, engineering, partner, and field teams to support global customers.

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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