Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)

Amazon is seeking qualified security engineers to join our innovative, fast-paced Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). This role will partner with the other SIRT engineers and SIRT’s leadership to respond to incidents, develop compressive inward and outward focused metrics, identify trends, and propose and
implement solutions. SIRT Security Engineers are unique individuals prepared to relentlessly resolve security issues by gathering and analyzing event data and conducting root-cause analysis. With your technical expertise, you will be solving security challenges at scale, working to protect the applications powering the most sophisticated e-commerce platform ever built. We value broad and deep technical knowledge, specifically in the fields
of forensics, malware analysis, network security, application security, threat hunting, and threat intelligence.

For this role specifically, we’re looking for experience with business intelligence (i.e., analyzing and solving business problems by creating, curating, and interpreting business-focused metrics.

Key job responsibilities

• Define and execute metrics to drive operational excellence, discover gaps in response processes, and identify trends to improve the overall security posture of Amazon.
• Responding to security incidents, and coordinating a cohesive response involving multiple teams across Amazon.
• Providing security engineering solutions and support during customer-facing incidents, proactively considering the prevention of similar incidents from occurring in the future.
• Assisting in the development of pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
• Identifying and recommending solutions that improve or expand Amazon’s incident response capabilities.
• Working alongside and mentoring Information Security engineers to improve security, reduce and quickly address risk.
• Evaluating the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research to Amazon, coordinating response as necessary across affected teams.
• Keeping your knowledge and skills current with the rapidly changing threat landscape.
• Participating in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.

A day in the life
This role will will develop and maintain SIRT metrics and the tools used to support them. Additionally the role will support incidents by providing assistance in data analysis.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience.
• 3 years of demonstrated experience in areas such as incident response, systems security, network, and/or application security.
• 2 years of demonstrated experience with Business Intelligence (QuickSite, Tableau, ETC.) and metrics development.
• 2 years of demonstrated experience with SQL.
• 2 years of demonstrated experience with back end database technology (Redshift, Athena, Splunk, AWS Glue)
• Experience delivering written and verbal communication with the ability to adapt messaging to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of best practices in security engineering, including secure development, network security, security operations, systems security, and incident response.
• Technical depth in one or more specialties including: application security, infrastructure security, digital forensics, malware analysis, threat hunting or some combination thereof.
• The capacity and tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and providing effective, safe guidance.
• Experience with common security monitoring, log analysis and forensic tools.
• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Scripting skills (E.g: Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience triaging and developing security alerts and response automation, conducting front-line analysis, and providing escalation support.
• Experience presenting metrics to security leadership.
• 5+ years of information security experience
• Relevant industry certifications from SANS, ISC2, etc.
• Strong demonstrated knowledge of Unix tools and architecture.
• Experience working as part of a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT)
• Familiarity/experience with AWS services and security concepts

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.


Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $135,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.