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AWS security jobs

The open security roles whose posting names AWS, read every hour from the employers' careers systems. An employer whose every posting names it is describing itself, so its roles are left out.

716
postings that name it
$170k–$320k
a year, typical
231
employers
216
remote
Postings read 12 Nov 2026, 12:07 UTC

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Postings asking for AWS

Top 150 here, 716 in all.

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AWS in security hiring, from the postings

How common is AWS in security job postings?

716 of the 2,047 open security postings name it (35.0%), as a requirement or a preference; 216 of those roles are listed as remote.

What do security roles naming AWS pay?

They state a typical $170k–$320k/yr, middle $204k/yr, against $206k/yr for every security posting read. The difference reflects which roles ask for AWS as much as the skill itself.

Which kind of security work uses AWS most?

Security Engineering (219 postings, 36% of that specialty's), Security Operations & Incident Response (113 postings, 40% of that specialty's), Application & Product Security (72 postings, 40% of that specialty's).

Which employers name AWS in their security postings?

Palo Alto Networks (33), CrowdStrike (30), Coupang (28), GuidePoint Security (16), Arctic Wolf (12), Okta (12) name it in the most open postings now.

Counted beside it: Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform.

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