Amazon
Security Engineer, AWS Security Hub, Security Services (S2)
$159K–$213K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years programming; 2+ years in specified scripting/programming/security code review and troubleshooting activities. Preferred: 2+ years in listed security or software areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; also lists a STEM bachelor's degree or experience in IT Security, and a STEM bachelor's degree or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
About the job
Defines and implements security controls, automated compliance checks, remediations, and standards mappings for cloud services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
What you'll do
- Define cloud security best practices and technical compliance requirements across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Develop automated security checks and remediation procedures, including controls for Azure and GCP configurations through AWS Config.
- Map controls to industry standards and regulatory frameworks, and work with stakeholders to improve cloud security and compliance.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- 2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review experience; 2+ years troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command-line tools.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; the posting also lists a STEM bachelor's degree or experience in IT Security, and a STEM bachelor's degree or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP, and industry security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
Nice to have
- 2+ years in any combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
- Experience with AWS products and services, or security activities across the software development lifecycle.
Pay
159,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java
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