AWS Security is seeking a motivated Security Engineer with demonstrated expertise in digital forensic investigations. A qualified engineer will have a robust knowledge of digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) processes and techniques, and should have a broad and deep technical knowledge, specifically in the fields of forensics, network security, and security intelligence. Candidates are also expected to assist in the design and implementation of innovative and scalable forensic tools and solutions, mostly written in Python and AWS CDK. Our team strives to invent new ways to tackle forensic acquisitions and processing in a remote landscape, all on AWS.


Our team is located in the DMV and Seattle. We work collaboratively on development projects to create tools for our customers. These tools will collect new data sources, process collected data at scale, create new data processing and reporting methods, or provide automated quality assurance on customer results.

We work closely with customers on investigations to provide the right data to answer the right question that solves their inquiry. Most cases are unique and require bespoke evidence collection and reporting.

This position involves on-call responsibilities. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice. We rotate on-call between 8 engineers, one week at a time.

Key job responsibilities
Complete customer consultations for solving complex digital forensics insider threat investigations, acquire forensically sound data from evidence sources, and perform forensic analysis on collected data sets. Invent ways or improve methods to deliver results to our customs faster, and raise the bar on Security where applicable using code and AI.

We assist internal customers including Amazon Security and Legal with investigations involving traditional evidence sources such as laptops and mobile devices, AWS cloud resources, and log diving using internal and industry standard data sources. Our investigations focus on information security and misconduct.

We also support Legal departments across the company with their e-Discovery data acquisitions of endpoints.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

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 & 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.

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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.