About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our team in Ireland. As a key member of our security team, you will play a crucial role in building and managing innovative services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon's infrastructure.
You will work closely with data scientists, software development engineers, and other security engineers across multiple teams to develop cutting-edge security solutions at a massive scale. Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers, helping preserve their trust in us.
Key Responsibilities:
* Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation
* Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance detection capabilities
* Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale
* Mentor and develop teammates both technically and professionally
* Seek out, develop, and advocate for new technology to research, identify, and mitigate complex risks
Qualifications:
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
* 5+ years of experience performing security investigations, detection engineering, threat hunting, and/or incident response in large organizations
* Understanding of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groups
* Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g., process lists, application logs, NetFlow)
* An understanding of network and web-related protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)
* Ability to develop code with at least one modern language, such as Python
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Experience creating threat detections in enterprise environments
* Experience with analytic development for endpoint and/or network security
* Experience using common cloud services (IAM, Lambda, EC2, VPC, S3) for security response and/or automation
* Experience with data science, machine learning, big data analytics, and/or streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark Streaming, Kinesis)