Amazon
Security & Compliance Engineer II, AWS Security Assurance Services, LLC
$138K–$202K
Austin, TX +6 · Full-time · Posted Jun 9, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Nashville, TN
Seattle, WA
Arlington, VA
Herndon, VA
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX - Experience
- 3+ years programming; 2+ years scripting/programming/security code review; 2+ years troubleshooting systems/logs/command-line automation. Preferred: 2+ years in listed security or development areas; 1+ years CI/CD or US government security clearance of top secret or above; also lists 5+ years as a technical specialist, including 3+ years in secure coding, software development, cloud security engineering, or related work.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or experience in IT Security.
About the job
Leads customer-facing AWS security assurance work by designing cloud security controls, conducting risk reviews, and building compliance automation for infrastructure and AI/ML workloads.
What you'll do
- Lead threat modeling, security design and architecture reviews, identifying risks and recommending mitigations.
- Build preventive and detective AWS controls, secure Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated compliance monitoring and remediation.
- Integrate security tooling, prototype security solutions, and communicate technical findings to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience (non-internship).
- 2+ years troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command-line tools (non-internship).
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or experience in IT Security; knowledge of HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP networking.
Nice to have
- Experience with threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, systems administration, or network security.
- Experience with CI/CD, AWS security and governance services, Infrastructure-as-Code, policy-as-code, compliance frameworks, or audit evidence.
Pay
USD 137,600.00 - 184,000.00 annually (base salary); USD 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Rego, Service Control Policies (SCPs), Resource Control Policies (RCPs), AWS Control Tower
AI focus
Build security controls for AI/ML workloads; preferred experience includes AI agentic design and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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