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Security Hardware Engineer

Amazon Web Services, Inc.Herndon, Virginia🇺🇸United StatesPosted 16 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Herndon, Virginia, United States
AWSBashPython

Job Description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Security Hardware Engineer to design, implement, and harden infrastructure security for large-scale cloud platforms. You will architect secure hardware and network controls for AWS data centers, integrate security features into infrastructure services, and drive end-to-end threat modeling and risk assessments. Partner with engineering teams to embed security by design, automate controls, and improve monitoring and incident response. In AWS's customer-obsessed, high-ownership culture, you'll tackle complex global challenges, learn cutting-edge cloud technologies, and raise the security bar at massive scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement secure hardware and infrastructure controls for AWS data centers
  • Architect and harden network security, including segmentation, firewalls, and VPNs
  • Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and security design reviews for infrastructure services
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security by design into new and existing systems
  • Automate security controls, monitoring, and compliance checks at scale
  • Analyze security telemetry and support incident detection and response improvements
  • Develop and maintain security standards, patterns, and best practices for infrastructure
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to remediate vulnerabilities and reduce risk

Required Skills

  • Infrastructure security engineering
  • Network security
  • Firewalls and VPNs
  • Linux/Unix administration
  • Secure hardware design
  • Cloud security (AWS)
  • Scripting (Python, Bash)
  • Identity and access management
  • Security monitoring and logging
  • Threat modeling

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