Security Engineer II

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Amazon
Full time
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USA
11/11/2026
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Austin, TX

Responsibilities

Analyze third-party software and open source vulnerabilities and assess their risk to customers.
Build tracking, monitoring, remediation, and security-automation mechanisms for vulnerable software across AWS.
Drive large-scale remediation and respond quickly to emerging threat scenarios.
Use GenAI tooling to scale security impact across AWS infrastructure.
Deliver security metrics and process improvements.
Troubleshoot systems, analyze logs, automate tasks, and contribute security expertise across AWS Security.

Requirements

3+ years of programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .NET, C++, or a similar object-oriented language.
2+ years of non-internship scripting, programming, and security code review experience.
2+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks with command-line tools.
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or 2+ years of IT security experience.
Knowledge of industry security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
Preferred experience includes threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, network security, AWS services, and security activities across the software development lifecycle.
Preferred knowledge includes command-line troubleshooting and networking protocols such as HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance and related coverage, including medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance, employee assistance, mental health support, and flexible spending accounts.
401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
Flexible work hours and arrangements, training, knowledge-sharing, and career-development resources.
The package may also include sign-on payments and restricted stock units.

Salary: $159k - $202k/yr

Amazon

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