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DESCRIPTION
Amazon Security is hiring a senior Security Engineer to take on our hardest digital forensic investigations and build the tools that make them faster and easier. This is a senior forensics role: you set technical direction, solve cases no one else can, and raise the bar for the whole team.
You will:
- Run complex insider-threat and misconduct investigations end to end - consult, acquire forensically sound data, and analyze it.
- Guide other engineers through their hardest cases and sharpen how the team works.
- Partner with customers across Amazon Security and Legal, build trust, and turn that trust into new work.
- Design and ship forensic tooling in Python and AWS CDK that unlocks new data sources and scales to meet the demands of Amazon's ecosystem.
We invent new ways to do forensic acquisition and processing in a remote, cloud-first world - all on AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead the toughest digital forensic investigations end to end: customer consultation, forensically sound acquisition, and analysis across laptops, mobile devices, AWS cloud resources, and large log sets.
- Drive technical direction for how the team runs investigations, and raise the bar on quality, soundness, and speed.
- Mentor and unblock other engineers on their investigations.
- Build strong customer relationships across Amazon Security and Legal, scope the right data to answer the right question, and grow new casework from that trust.
- Own forensic engineering projects from idea to production - improving, scaling, or unlocking new acquisition and processing methods, mostly in Python and AWS CDK.
- Use code and AI to deliver results to customers faster, and improve security where it applies.
- Share on-call duty for our fault-tolerant systems and active security threats, rotating one week at a time, and fix root causes so the same page never happens twice.
A day in the life
Most days you are deep in a case. You might scope a new investigation with a customer in the morning, acquire forensically sound data from a laptop or AWS account, then analyze it and build the report that answers their question. No two cases are the same, so you design the collection and the reporting to fit.
Between cases you build. You write Python and AWS CDK tooling that collects new data sources, processes evidence at scale, and automates quality checks on results.
Your customers are internal: Amazon Security and Legal teams running insider-threat, misconduct, and e-Discovery investigations.
About the team
We are ITI Forensics, based in the DMV and Seattle. We do forensic data acquisition and analysis for customers across Amazon, and support e-Discovery for Legal.
We work collaboratively, both on cases and on the tools we build to collect new data sources, process evidence at scale, and automate quality checks. Most cases are unique and call for bespoke collection and reporting, so we invent new ways to do forensic acquisition and processing in a remote world.
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
- 4+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
- 2+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience
- Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web 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.
LOCATION
USA, MD, Annapolis Junction - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Security is hiring a senior Security Engineer to take on our hardest digital forensic investigations and build the tools that make them faster and easier. This is a senior forensics role: you set technical direction, solve cases no one else can, and raise the bar for the whole team.
You will:
- Run complex insider-threat and misconduct investigations end to end - consult, acquire forensically sound data, and analyze it.
- Guide other engineers through their hardest cases and sharpen how the team works.
- Partner with customers across Amazon Security and Legal, build trust, and turn that trust into new work.
- Design and ship forensic tooling in Python and AWS CDK that unlocks new data sources and scales to meet the demands of Amazon's ecosystem.
We invent new ways to do forensic acquisition and processing in a remote, cloud-first world - all on AWS.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead the toughest digital forensic investigations end to end: customer consultation, forensically sound acquisition, and analysis across laptops, mobile devices, AWS cloud resources, and large log sets.
- Drive technical direction for how the team runs investigations, and raise the bar on quality, soundness, and speed.
- Mentor and unblock other engineers on their investigations.
- Build strong customer relationships across Amazon Security and Legal, scope the right data to answer the right question, and grow new casework from that trust.
- Own forensic engineering projects from idea to production - improving, scaling, or unlocking new acquisition and processing methods, mostly in Python and AWS CDK.
- Use code and AI to deliver results to customers faster, and improve security where it applies.
- Share on-call duty for our fault-tolerant systems and active security threats, rotating one week at a time, and fix root causes so the same page never happens twice.
A day in the life
Most days you are deep in a case. You might scope a new investigation with a customer in the morning, acquire forensically sound data from a laptop or AWS account, then analyze it and build the report that answers their question. No two cases are the same, so you design the collection and the reporting to fit.
Between cases you build. You write Python and AWS CDK tooling that collects new data sources, processes evidence at scale, and automates quality checks on results.
Your customers are internal: Amazon Security and Legal teams running insider-threat, misconduct, and e-Discovery investigations.
About the team
We are ITI Forensics, based in the DMV and Seattle. We do forensic data acquisition and analysis for customers across Amazon, and support e-Discovery for Legal.
We work collaboratively, both on cases and on the tools we build to collect new data sources, process evidence at scale, and automate quality checks. Most cases are unique and call for bespoke collection and reporting, so we invent new ways to do forensic acquisition and processing in a remote world.
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
- 4+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
- 2+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience
- Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
- Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web 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.
LOCATION
USA, MD, Annapolis Junction - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Herndon - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually
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Who's Hiring
- Rimkus29
- Sedgwick13
- J.S. Held12
- EFI Global12
- U.S. Forensic12
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services28
- Insurance7
- Staffing & Recruiting7
- Construction & Real Estate3
- Accounting & Auditing1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in forensic engineer jobs.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license in a relevant state or eligibility to obtain one
- Bachelor's degree or higher in civil, mechanical, electrical, or structural engineering
- Experience conducting failure analysis, root cause investigations, or accident reconstruction
- Strong technical report writing and documentation skills for litigation or insurance contexts
- Proficiency with CAD software, finite element analysis tools, or accident simulation programs
- Ability to serve as or support an expert witness in depositions or court proceedings
Tips for Your Forensic Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume for the litigation context
Forensic engineering resumes need to show report-writing experience and expert witness credibility, not just technical skills. Highlight any depositions, court testimony, or formal failure analysis reports you've authored, even from academic or consulting projects.
Target firms by their claim specialization
Engineering consulting firms that handle insurance subrogation, construction defect litigation, or product liability each pull from different candidate profiles. Read recent case studies or practice area pages on a firm's site before applying so your cover letter names the right niche.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists forensic engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Certify in a recognized forensic discipline early
Credentials like PE licensure or ACTAR accreditation for accident reconstruction signal readiness for expert witness work. Hiring managers at litigation-support firms screen for these before reviewing technical experience, so list them above your work history.
Show your technical report writing in portfolios
Bring redacted or anonymized failure analysis reports to interviews. Forensic engineering roles are as much about communicating findings to attorneys and juries as about the analysis itself, and a sample report demonstrates both your methodology and your written clarity.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Ask hiring managers whether the role involves trial testimony, deposition prep, or only report writing. The scope affects how you'll develop your expert witness profile over time, and clarifying it early helps you evaluate which offer best fits your career direction.
Forensic Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most forensic engineers?
Rimkus, Sedgwick, and J.S. Held are hiring the most forensic engineers right now, with openings concentrated in Florida, Texas, and Georgia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Engineering consulting firms and insurance carriers consistently post the largest volume of forensic engineer openings.
How many forensic engineer jobs are remote?
About 84% of forensic engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the site-inspection and evidence-handling requirements that bring most roles on-site at least part of the time. Report review, data analysis, and expert witness preparation are the sub-specialties most likely to include remote flexibility.
How do you become a forensic engineer?
Start with a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline and pursue PE licensure in your state, since most forensic engineering roles require it or expect candidates to obtain it quickly. Build experience in failure analysis or accident reconstruction through consulting, insurance, or government work. Specialized certifications in areas like fire investigation or accident reconstruction strengthen your candidacy for litigation-focused roles.
How can you get hired as a forensic engineer with little experience?
Entry points typically include staff engineer roles at engineering consulting firms, claims analyst positions at insurance carriers, or research assistants at university forensic labs. Internships or project work involving failure analysis write-ups, materials testing, or accident documentation give you concrete examples to cite in interviews. A PE-in-progress status and strong technical writing samples often offset limited years on the job.
What does the forensic engineer interview process look like?
Most forensic engineering interviews include a technical screen covering your analytical approach to a failure scenario, followed by a case study or take-home exercise where you outline how you'd investigate a specific incident. Final rounds typically involve a panel with senior engineers or attorneys who assess your communication style, since the ability to explain complex findings clearly is as important as your technical depth.
Where can I find and apply to forensic engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to forensic engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your specialization, experience level, and preferred location, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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