Amazon
Security Engineer II, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)
$159K–$202K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in specified scripting/programming/security code review and systems troubleshooting/log analysis/command-line automation; 2+ years of IT Security experience may substitute for the STEM degree and is also preferred.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
About the job
Responds to security incidents, analyzes threats, and develops solutions to protect Amazon systems and improve incident response capabilities.
What you'll do
- Coordinate incident response across teams, including customer-facing incidents, and help prevent recurrence.
- Analyze threats and security events, conduct root-cause analysis, and recommend improvements to incident response capabilities.
- Support security engineering and risk-reduction work, mentor engineers, and participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience in scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language.
- 2+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools.
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of networking protocols, including HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP.
- Experience with AWS products and services; security activities across one or more phases of the SDLC; or 2+ years of IT Security experience.
Pay
159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
HTTP(S), DNS, TCP/IP, AWS
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