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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Security Incident Response Engineer - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Irvine, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Ruby, Data Streaming, Scripting, Software Security, HybridCloud, Information Technology, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/4FFF9264D2944C93AB22AB3D6FCD6B50/job/ ## About the Role * 3+ years relevant experience doing information security work or equivalent BS degree in Information Security, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other related fields * Automation experience using scripting or programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby, Shell, or Perl) * Ability to securely design and implement AI/ML-driven playbooks to automate common security operations * Experience coordinating responses to security incidents * Knowledge of security issues and threat landscape * Background in cloud, host, network, and application security * Familiarity with common Incident Response frameworks or lifecycle models like NIST-800-61, ISO/IEC 27035, etc. Bonus Points * B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Security, or a related technical discipline * Experience and familiarity with streaming and content creation * Experience handling security incidents in hybrid cloud environment (AWS, GCP) and conducting log dives on cloud telemetry like CloudTrail * Passion and excitement for Twitch ## Description Twitch is looking for a Security Incident Response Engineer to join our SIRT. Reporting to the SIRT Manager, you'll be at the heart of our mission to find, handle, and learn from security incidents across our global platform. We're looking for engineers who thrive coordinating response to emerging issues in information security who are ready to level up our defense. If you're passionate about protecting the Twitch community and solving complex security puzzles, we want to hear from you! You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; or Seattle, WA. You Will: * Participate in an on-call rotation that includes your peers on the Security Incident Response Team * Qualify reports or alerts of activity as security incidents using clear guidelines that establish what a security incident is * Evaluate the potential and realized impact of security incidents to Twitch * Analyze threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures * Participate or create information sharing groups; communicate securely and responsibly * Write and follow clear procedures so that our work can be accountable, repeated, measured, and improved * Communicate with peers and leadership about timeline of a security related event with what potential and realized impact, how we discovered it, and how we're handling it * Coordinate security incident response activities with affected teams to do the right thing for our customers and our organization * Investigate, document, and implement agentic detection, enrichment, triage, response, and communication automations in every day processes * Lead lessons learned discussions and help teams effect change across the business that reduces incident recurrence ## Related Videos - [Applying Agile Principles to Incident Management ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/101-applying-agile-principles-to-incident-management) - [Coffee with Developers: David Heinemeier Hansson](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/875-coffee-with-developers-david-heinemeier-hansson) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [JavaScript? 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