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# Infrastructure Security Engineer

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing Security, Hardware Design, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Data Logging, Scripting, Firewalls (Computer Science), AWS Data Analytics
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2974386771-2

## About the Role

* Infrastructure security engineering
 * Network security
 * Firewalls and VPNs
 * Linux/Unix administration
 * Secure hardware design
 * Cloud security (AWS)
 * Scripting (Python, Bash)
 * Identity and access management
 * Security monitoring and logging
 * Threat modeling

## Description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Security Hardware Engineer to design, implement, and harden infrastructure security for large-scale cloud platforms. You will architect secure hardware and network controls for AWS data centers, integrate security features into infrastructure services, and drive end-to-end threat modeling and risk assessments. Partner with engineering teams to embed security by design, automate controls, and improve monitoring and incident response. In AWS's customer-obsessed, high-ownership culture, you'll tackle complex global challenges, learn cutting-edge cloud technologies, and raise the security bar at massive scale., * Design and implement secure hardware and infrastructure controls for AWS data centers

 * Architect and harden network security, including segmentation, firewalls, and VPNs
 * Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and security design reviews for infrastructure services
 * Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security by design into new and existing systems
 * Automate security controls, monitoring, and compliance checks at scale
 * Analyze security telemetry and support incident detection and response improvements
 * Develop and maintain security standards, patterns, and best practices for infrastructure
 * Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to remediate vulnerabilities and reduce risk


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