AWS Security Engineer
Skills
Cloud ComputingAmazon Web ServicesArchitectureEngineeringIncident ResponseInformation SecuritySecurity
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS security services and tooling
- Experience implementing AWS Landing Zones and enterprise-scale guardrails
- Deep understanding of IAM including roles SCPs permission boundaries and cross-account access
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Background working with DevOps or platform engineering teams to embed security in CI/CD
- Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on automation and scalability
- Ability to communicate technical risks clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Collaborative approach working across engineering architecture and security teams
Nice to have
- AWS certifications
- Security certifications
- Secure-by-default mindset
- Proactive mindset
- Influence without authority
Day to day
- Design, build and continuously improve AWS-native security services to protect a large cloud estate
- Implement and operate secure landing zone guardrails baseline configurations and best-practice identity controls
- Automate security controls with Terraform CloudFormation Lambda and CI/CD while partnering with DevOps and platform teams
- Monitor for threats and misconfigurations support incident response and provide expert guidance on secure AWS architecture