Drimva

Amazon

Security Engineer II, AWS Cloud Security Response

$159K–$202K

Seattle, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026

Location
Seattle, WA
Herndon, VA
Experience
2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review; 3+ years in information security, security operations, or security engineering. STEM bachelor's degree or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
Education
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience.

About the job

Investigates and resolves security issues across AWS services through risk assessment, code-level remediation, security data analysis, and automation.

What you'll do

  • Reproduce, assess, and own security issues through resolution, including evaluating vulnerability severity and customer impact.
  • Develop and validate code remediations and automation, and identify systemic patterns to prevent recurring security gaps.
  • Coordinate with service teams and stakeholders, communicate issue status, and escalate when resolution urgency is insufficient.

What they ask for

  • 2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review experience in a common programming language.
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
  • Experience working across and influencing teams, and mentoring, leading, or managing junior engineers.
  • Experience in cloud services, cloud infrastructure, or cloud security concepts; 3+ years in information security, security operations, or security engineering.

Nice to have

  • Experience developing code-level fixes or security patches for production cloud services; deep understanding of IAM and access control.
  • Experience building security operations automation, proactive security engineering, or working with AWS services at code or architecture level; 2+ years with Data & AI technologies.

Pay

USD 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 annually base salary; USD 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 annually base salary

Tools

AWS, IAM, AI/ML, GenAI, Analytics, Database, Storage

AI focus

Use generative AI tools to accelerate security work; preferred experience includes 2+ years working with Data & AI-related technologies, including AI/ML and GenAI.

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First seen Oct 31, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)