Security Engineer II, Threat Hunting, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)

Security Engineer, Threat Hunting

Amazon's Threat Hunting team is looking for a Security Engineer, Threat Hunting who is excited by the idea of searching for and uncovering undetected threat activities at petabyte scale. In this role, you will work alongside other Threat Hunting engineers to proactively identify and eliminate threats wherever they may exist.

Our Threat Hunting team hunts for adversarial activity using a variety of tools, methods, intelligence, and techniques. They work hands-on with security logs and are encouraged to be creative and develop innovative techniques to illuminate threat activities. With your technical expertise, you will be solving security challenges at scale and working to protect applications powering the most sophisticated e-Commerce platform ever built.

If you are someone who enjoys researching threats, diving deep into large datasets, and building innovative capabilities to solve everyday problems, we'd like to meet you. Your work will be essential to maintaining customer trust and delivering a delightful experience for our customers.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Query and collate machine data to search for evidence of potentially damaging threat activities which pose a risk to Amazon customers and data.
• Work alongside incident responders and support the investigation of ongoing security issues.
• Reconstruct security events from log data and develop innovative approaches to identify threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Build custom capabilities to uncover threats and enable threat hunting operations at scale.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide ad hoc support to customers during non-business hours.

A Day In The Life

Query, collate, and analyze machine-generated data for indications of digital threat activities.

Develop database searches to extract security artifacts and threat signals from large and diverse datasets.

Work alongside other engineers to improve security and reduce operating risk for our customers.

Monitor cybersecurity media, blog posts, and other sources to maintain awareness of the threat landscape.

Assist in designing and developing innovative capabilities to identify cyber threat activities at scale.

Work individually and/or as a team on high priority security issues.

About The Team

Amazon's Threat Hunting team is a component of the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) and is responsible for proactively seeking out threat activities which pose a risk to our customers and business operations. Our threat hunters work alongside incident response engineers to support ongoing security investigations. This team works in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities.

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.

Training 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.