Amazon
Security Engineer II, AWS Vulnerability Management, Third Party Software
$159K–$202K
Austin, TX · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years programming; preferred: 2+ years in any combination of listed security and software areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
About the job
Manages third-party and open-source software vulnerabilities across AWS by assessing risk and building mechanisms for tracking, remediation, and secure updates.
What you'll do
- Analyze third-party and open-source vulnerabilities and assess their risk to customers.
- Build tracking, monitoring, automation, and remediation mechanisms; drive large-scale remediation.
- Deliver security metrics and process improvements, using GenAI tooling to scale security work.
What they ask for
- 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or a similar object-oriented language.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP.
- Experience using AI tools to support or enhance security engineering work; knowledge of industry-based 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; knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation, including penetration testing and exploit development or equivalent.
Pay
USD 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, AWS
AI focus
Use AI tools to support or enhance security engineering work, including GenAI tooling to scale security automation across AWS.
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