Security Engineer II, Vulnerability Management and Remediation, Campaign Management
Amazon · Austin, TX · Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
mid
Security Engineer
ic
· Posted Apr 28, 2026
$159,300 – $202,400
USD per year
About this role
Amazon is hiring a mid-level Security Engineer based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, Ruby, Swift. Compensation is listed at $159,300–$202,400 per year.
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Department
- Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
- Posted
- Apr 28, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon develops products and services that transform the way customers live. Across teams and geographies, we strive to delight customers and earn their trust. Members of the Stores Security team are guardians of that trust. From drones to grocery stores and everything in between, our mission is to assess risk, classify data and systems, detect potential intrusion, and respond quickly to security events across Amazon’s critical business functions, including Retail, Customer Service, Worldwide Operations, Consumer Payments, Physical Stores, and Healthcare. Within Stores Security, the Vulnerability Management and Remediation (VMR) organization is responsible for all aspects of the Vulnerability Management lifecycle across Amazon including intake, assessment, discovery, and remediation.
VMR Campaign Management is seeking an experienced and innovative Security Engineer to join our team in Austin, TX. VMR Campaign Management assesses, triages, and drives the remediation of security, compliance, and privacy risks across the Amazon ecosystem both strategically and at scale.
Key job responsibilities
- You will create and launch campaigns at scale while being responsible for maintaining a high security and quality bar.
- You will deeply understand and assess the technical details and potential impact of security campaigns across Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications, as well as reduce manual remediation and builder toil through automation and paved path solutions.
- You will work with security teams to identify preventative security measures to address current and future risk.
- You will design and implement automation, tools and workflows to enhance our operations capabilities.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working 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.
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- 2+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Knowledge of usage or integration experience with common cloud-hosted services
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
USA, TX, Austin - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
VMR Campaign Management is seeking an experienced and innovative Security Engineer to join our team in Austin, TX. VMR Campaign Management assesses, triages, and drives the remediation of security, compliance, and privacy risks across the Amazon ecosystem both strategically and at scale.
Key job responsibilities
- You will create and launch campaigns at scale while being responsible for maintaining a high security and quality bar.
- You will deeply understand and assess the technical details and potential impact of security campaigns across Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications, as well as reduce manual remediation and builder toil through automation and paved path solutions.
- You will work with security teams to identify preventative security measures to address current and future risk.
- You will design and implement automation, tools and workflows to enhance our operations capabilities.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working 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.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- 2+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AWS products and services- Knowledge of usage or integration experience with common cloud-hosted services
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, TX, Austin - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually