Security Engineer II, Incident Response, PhysOps, AWS Security Operations Center

- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++

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Amazon Web Services is looking for a Security Engineer to join the Security Operations Center (SOC) Physical Operations (PhysOps)Team. PhysOps drives physical security incident response across AWS spanning a range of physical, logical, and technical domains.

At AWS, we obsess over our customers and maintaining their trust. To earn that trust in an environment as vast and varied as ours, requires broad technical and industry skills to drive emergent response and tackle never-before-seen challenges at accelerated scales.

Security is our highest priority. As an AWS SOC team member, you will help secure that environment for our customers while working on cutting edge security products across a variety of platforms and technologies. This role requires engineers to work tactically, with both internal and external stakeholders, to solve security challenges at scale, and to think strategically to develop and implement changes that drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the team.


Key job responsibilities
* Own and manage in-flight security issues.
* Triage/assess security issues and engage with internal service teams to ensure prompt mitigation and remediation of issues, escalating internally as necessary to ensure the right level of urgency and engagement.
* Communicate the state of these issues to technical and non-technical stakeholders, in varying levels and roles.
* Act as a technical escalation and quality assurance focal for the team, providing broad and deep solutions that achieve outcomes while maintain an acceptable level of risk.
* Deliver working mechanisms/solutions spanning the full incident lifecycle, working backwards from both our internal needs and those of our customers.
An ideal candidate should be able to conduct most of the following:
* Demonstrate technical proficiency in the fields of security operations, incident response, and emergent security intelligence.
* Explore building and improving our tooling to improve global operational efficiency.
* Promote security throughout the company, building good working relationships within the team and with our stakeholders and service team partners.
* Demonstrate a high proficiency for context switching which enables you to manage incidents, act as an escalation point to the team, communicate to senior leaders, and deliver projects/process improvement results.

A day in the life
In the morning you will take handover from the prior site, accepting ownership of security issues in-flight. You will engage various stakeholders, such as internal service teams and AWS Security Leadership. When new issues come in, you will triage them, determine their level of impact, and work towards resolving them at the appropriate pace. At the day's end, you will document the issues you are tracking so they can be taken over by the site relieving you. As capacity allows, you will work on strategic projects. You will support our 24x7x365 global response team with on call coverage as required.

About the team
The Physical Operations (PhysOps) sits within the AWS Security Operations Center (SOC).

The AWS SOC provides security customer support for AWS employees, continuous 24/7 monitoring of AWS physical security controls, incident response in both physical and logical environments, and Business Continuity (BC) for AWS services.

The PhysOps team in APJC is based out of Singapore and Sydney. This role will be Sydney based.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mentorship and 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.