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Cyber Threat Engineer
INSPYR Solutions
Vienna, VA
- $60 to $70 USD / hour
The Cyber Threat Engineer is a mid-level cybersecurity engineering role responsible for developing and maintaining the tools, automation, integrations, and technical processes that support…
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Cyber/IT Engineering Manager
BAE Systems
Chesapeake, VA
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Write, modify, and upgrade functions and scripts in Python and MATLAB.
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Milwaukee, WI
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aKube Inc
Los Angeles, CA
- $50 to $65 USD / hour
Write Python and JSON-based automation logic.
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Senior Technical Risk & Compliance Analyst - SOX Compliance
LinkedIn
Mountain View, CA
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Relativity ODA LLC
IL
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Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security
Amazon.com Services LLC
Annapolis Junction, MD
As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll help to build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon’s infrastructure. You’ll work with…
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SAS
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Remote, United States
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Lalamove
NY
- $70,000 to $90,000 USD / year
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MQ Messaging Engineer
Insight Global
Jersey City, NJ
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Minneapolis, MN
- $89,691 to $121,346 USD / year
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Sr. Detection Engineer
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CommandLink
Remote, United States
- $75,000 to $110,000 USD / year
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Engineer III - Cloud
Jobgether
Remote, United States
- $120,000 to $185,000 USD / year
As an Engineer III - Cloud, you will play a key role in developing, enhancing, and operating large-scale cloud systems that support advanced cybersecurity operations. You will join a…
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Detection Engineer, Falcon Complete
Jobgether
Remote, United States
- $100,000 to $150,000 USD / year
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Senior DevSecOps / CI/CD Engineer
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Chantilly, VA
In this role, you will establish pipeline architecture, automation standards, and secure software delivery practices across platform services, infrastructure, and tenant applications. You…
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DevSecOps / CI/CD Engineer
Peraton
Chantilly, VA
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Junior DevSecOps / CI/CD Engineer
Peraton
Chantilly, VA
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Amazon.com Services LLC

Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security

Annapolis Junction, MD, United States

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Experience: 5+ years of experience performing security investigations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and/or incident response in the context of large organizations
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 2, 2026

Original job description

Come and build innovative services that protect our cloud from security threats.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll help to build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon’s infrastructure. You’ll work with data scientists, software development engineers, and security engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions at massive scale. Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers and preserves our customers’ trust in us. You’ll get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that proactively protect every single AWS customer, both internally and externally, from security threats – not many teams can say that!

Key job responsibilities

Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our detection capabilities.
Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale.
Mentor and develop teammates both technically and professionally.
Seek out, develop, and advocate for new technology to research, identify, and mitigate complex risks.

About the team Diverse Experiences Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security? At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. Basic qualifications

Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Knowledge of networking protocols, to include HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
5+ years of experience performing security investigations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and/or incident response in the context of large organizations
Understanding of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groups
Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g., process lists, application logs, NetFlow) Preferred qualifications
Experience creating threat detections in enterprise environments
Experience with analytic development for endpoint and/or network security
Experience using common cloud services (IAM, Lambda, EC2, VPC, S3) for security response and/or automation
Experience with GenAI, data science, machine learning, big data analytics, and/or streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, MD, Annapolis Junction - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually

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Skills

AWS
Cybersecurity
Software development
Security threats
DNS
Modern languages
C++
C#
Oracle Java
Python
Go
Microsoft PowerShell
Ruby
Incident response
Identity and access management
Machine learning
Data analysis
Apache Kafka
Apache Spark
Recruitment
Mental health

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