Security Engineering Manager - Incident Response, AWS

Security Engineering Manager – Incident Response, AWS

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We are looking for an experienced security leader to join the Cloud Security team. As a security leader, you will own building and managing a team of incident managers and technical leaders, fostering a strong team culture. You and your team will be expected to drive engineering teams to take the right actions in the right time frames to mitigate risks.

• Build and lead a high-performing team of security engineers, focusing on recruitment, development, and retention of top security talent.
• Drive operational excellence in incident management processes, establishing and maintaining SLAs, metrics, and quality standards for security response activities.
• Partner with service teams and stakeholders across AWS to ensure security issues are properly prioritized and remediated according to risk levels and customer impact.
• Develop and implement strategic initiatives to improve security response capabilities, including automation, process improvements, and scaling mechanisms.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and psychological safety while maintaining high security standards and operational excellence.
• Manage cross-organizational relationships and communication channels to ensure effective escalation paths and resolution of complex security challenges.
• Lead the development and implementation of security frameworks and controls that balance risk mitigation with business objectives and builder experience.
• Establish and maintain mechanisms for measuring team performance, operational metrics, and security program effectiveness.
• Guide architectural decisions and technical strategy for security solutions across multiple organizations and services.
• Mentor and develop future security leaders while creating growth opportunities for team members.

• 5+ years of managing and developing teams.
• 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Knowledge of security of web services, video content protection technologies, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security.
• Experience in managing and developing teams.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.

• Knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modeling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques.
• Information security professional certification (SANS GIAC, CISSP, etc.).
• Experience effectively managing a substantial and time-sensitive workload.
• Experience managing remote team members.
• Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service.
• Knowledge of information security risk-based prioritization.
• Proven ability to drive incidents to a conclusion based on SLA and severity ratings.
• Experience in vulnerability remediation lifecycle.
• Experience with creating meaningful metrics from service ticketing systems.

• A comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, prescription coverage, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Additional compensation includes sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

USA, WA, Seattle – Salary Range:  –  USD annually.