# Security Engineer, AWS Cloud Response

AWS is looking for a Security Engineer to join the Cloud Response team in Australia. The team manages the security and availability of AWS Cloud services. We operate on the "AWS" side of the Shared Responsibility Model to ensure "Security of the Cloud" and to protect our customers. This role requires engineers to work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to solve security challenges at massive scale, and to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the organization. Key job responsibilities A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include projects in addition to managing incident response activities. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties. Successful candidates will be expected to: Triage new incoming issues to determine the level of risk they present to AWS, and then accordingly prioritize its remediation in conjunction with the impacted service team. Communicate the state of these issues t

- **Id**: 1328848
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/amazon-security-engineer-aws-cloud-response>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sydney, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-27T07:35:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T14:43:18Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 46
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7001
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Growth opportunities
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Logistics, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 19
- **Name**: Amazon
- **Domain**: amazon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/amazon>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career site

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 4651
- **Ghost share**: 0.001
- **Stale share**: 0.889
- **Repost share**: 0.003
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 31
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 71000
- **Max usd**: 172000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 854

## Technologies

- **.NET** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Ruby** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: yes
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 45

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-27T07:35:43Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-05T16:07:53Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-15T16:52:02Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 24
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.55
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 46
- **Expected fill days**: 31
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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