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Security Engineer, Threat Detection

Amazon · Arlington, VA, US

Amazon is hiring for Security Engineer, Threat Detection in Arlington, VA, US. What you'll do: incident response, prototyping, and research, work across the healthcare and security domains. Qualifications: familiarity with Python.

Hiring signals for Information Security Analysts

SOC 15-1212 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

35
/ 100
Weak

Information Security Analysts Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 0% from the last 14 days)
  • Pay is above the national median ($181k vs $130k national)
  • High share of long-open postings (92% open 30+ days)

Information Security Analysts job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Information Security Analysts.

  • 453Active postings
  • 0Posted this week
  • 419Open 30+ days92% of active
  • 61Remote / hybrid13% of active
  • 13%List salary58 of 453
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $181kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 51dMedian agep90 158d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Security Engineering279$186k n=45—
Server / Host3——
Mobile3——
Embedded3——
Therapist (PT / OT / Speech)2——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time16$177k n=15—
Contract14$186k n=5—
Intern8——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology221$187k n=48—
Manufacturing151$137k n=10—
Financial Services98$187k n=17—
Government / Public Sector52——
Professional Services36——

Top categories

  • Security Engineering279
  • Server / Host3
  • Mobile3
  • Embedded3
  • Therapist (PT / OT / Speech)2
  • DevOps / SRE2

In-demand skills

  • Python57
  • AWS57
  • Go45
  • Google Cloud42
  • Azure40
  • Kubernetes38
  • Linux16
  • Terraform15

Top sectors

  • Technology221
  • Manufacturing151
  • Financial Services98
  • Government / Public Sector52
  • Professional Services36
  • Retail34

Employment mix

  • Unspecified415 · 92%
  • Full-time16 · 4%
  • Contract14 · 3%
  • Intern8 · 2%

Top hiring companies

Category
Security Engineering
Source
amazon.jobs
Original link
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10388569/security-engineer-threat-detection
Posted
2 months ago (2026-04-10)
Status
active

Skills: Python

Topics: Healthcare, Security

Activities: Incident response, Prototyping, Research

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