Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security

Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, offering virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services worldwide. AWS runs a globally distributed environment at massive scale, supporting customers from startups to enterprises on our multi‑tenant infrastructure. Key Responsibilities As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon’s infrastructure. You’ll collaborate with data scientists, software development engineers, and other security engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions that protect the AWS cloud for all customers. Working in a team of industry‑leading security experts, you’ll operate and continuously improve security programs and processes for personnel security, physical and logical accreditations, education, awareness, training, assurance, and cyber security. This position will interact with CISOs, CTOs, their staffs, and AWS senior leadership. In addition to a strong understanding of security technologies, tool development, offensive and defensive security tactics, and ideally experience with distributed systems, you’ll need a number of other qualities to be successful. Our senior engineers mentor junior engineers, data scientists, and engineers from non‑traditional backgrounds through one‑on‑one mentoring and thorough code reviews. You will need to be a UK national and able to obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance. Further details: UK Government Security Clearance Levels. About The Team Diverse Experiences – Even if you don’t meet all of the preferred qualifications, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why Amazon Security? – Security is central to maintaining customer trust. Our organization builds a high bar for security across all Amazon products and services, offering opportunities to accelerate careers across cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores. Inclusive Team Culture – AWS values curiosity and connection. Our affinity groups promote inclusion and empower people to take pride in what makes us unique. Training & Career Growth – Continuous knowledge sharing, training, and career resources help you develop into a better‑rounded professional. Work/Life Balance – Flexibility is part of our working culture. Supporting work‑life harmony is a priority. Basic Qualifications Extensive experience performing security investigations, penetration testing, and/or incident response in large organizations. In‑depth understanding of security threats, hands‑on experience detecting and defending from cyber attacks, and experience using big data analytics and orchestration. Ability to develop code with a modern language such as Java, Go, TypeScript, Python, or Rust, and conduct security code reviews. Demonstrated technical leadership in security (tech lead, security architecture, technical component leadership), and experience coaching junior security engineers. Preferred Qualifications BS or MS in a STEM field. Understanding of the Mitre ATT&CK framework and knowledge of host and network telemetry data. Awareness of current cyber security threats and actors, experience with data science and big data analytics, analytic development for endpoint and network security, and streaming technologies (Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis). Strong sense of ownership and collaborative approach to influencing organizational change. Equal Opportunity Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer. We make hiring decisions based on experience and skills. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a top priority. Please consult our Privacy Notice. Amazon does not discriminate on the basis of veteran status, disability, or other protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for customers. If you have a disability and need accommodation, see accommodations information. Company – AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch) Job ID: A3088343 #J-18808-Ljbffr