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# Security Engineer, AWS Security Incident Response

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Information Systems, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Microsoft Security Essentials, Information Technology, Cybercrime, Software Coding
- **Published:** October 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9227312/security-engineer-aws-security-incident-response

## About the Role

AWS Security Incident Response is looking for technical Security Engineers that are passionate about learning new concepts and work well within a team environment to keep customers secure. We value engineers that can work through ambiguity to identify suspicious activity lead security response and can explain technical security concepts to non-technical audiences., Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

 - Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
 - Knowledge of system, network and OS
 - Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance, Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
 - Experience triaging security alerts, front-line analysis, and escalation
 - GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or Security+

## Description

* Hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see https://www1.defence.gov.au/security/clearances) * Respond to threat findings that indicate unauthorized activity has occurred * Identify evaluate and communicate security threats risks and vulnerabilities and propose recommended remediation for security issues.
 * Contribute to the development of security automation and security posture improvements.
 * Track and report on the effectiveness of AWS detective controls such as Amazon GuardDuty and partner products such as CrowdStrike Falcon or Wiz Defend * Develop processes and policies to increase security response effectiveness.
 * On-call support: This role requires periodic on-call responsibilities including weekends.

A day in the life
As a Security Engineer in AWS Security Incident Response your responsibilities include monitoring networks and systems for potential threats performing triage for security alerts documenting suspicious activity and reporting issues so they can be adequately handled. You will work alongside our security engineers and partner teams to perform daily threat detection and incident response using the full capability of AWS technologies and services to detect and mitigate cyber threats at a massive scale and help protect AWS Customers. You should also enjoy learning about the most up-to-date new technologies and procedures to protect information systems and data.