Security Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare
Company websiteamazon.com (Amazon, opens in new tab)
Base salary $159,300 to $202,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Seattle, WA
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- LocationSeattle, WA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (5 h ago) · observed since
How this pay compares
Base floor $159,300, above 53% of the 228 IT & Security roles in Washington on this site. The employer's range is $43,100 wide, 27% of the floor. Observed open for 4 days so far (since Nov 3, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 228 IT & Security roles in Washington listed on this site, the median base floor is $153,000 and the middle half runs from $131,348 to $175,000. This role's floor ($159,300) is above 53% of them; 22 others list the same floor.
Base floors of 228 IT & Security roles in Washington
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 13.6% | 31 |
| $125K to $150K | 34.2% | 78 |
| $150K to $175K | 26.3% | 60 |
| $175K to $200K | 18.4% | 42 |
| $200K to $225K | 3.5% | 8 |
| $225K to $250K | 1.8% | 4 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.4% | 1 |
| $275K and up | 1.8% | 4 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 228 open postings with this job family in Washington
- Sample size
- 228
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in Washington vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| IT & Security, Washington | $153K | 228 |
| IT & Security, all states | $143,913 | 3,047 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $159,300 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 228 in Washington; 3047 nationwide
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Amazon pays
1,008 of Amazon's 4,078 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 3,013 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $143,700; the middle half runs from $131,600 to $159,300.
Base floors of Amazon's 4,078 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 17.3% | 707 |
| $125K to $150K | 46.3% | 1,890 |
| $150K to $175K | 22.7% | 924 |
| $175K to $200K | 11.4% | 466 |
| $200K to $225K | 1.8% | 74 |
| $225K to $250K | 0.2% | 7 |
| $250K to $275K | 0.2% | 9 |
| $275K and up | <0.1% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 4,078 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 4078
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' IT & Security roles in Washington with the nearest published base floor to $159,300, one per employer.
- Salesforce Security Engineer, Salesforce Success Central AWS · base floor $159,300
- Security Engineer, Full Stack Hadrian · base floor $160,000
- Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection Samsara · base floor $157,675
- Senior Technical Program Manager CoreWeave · base floor $157,000
- Offensive Security Engineer Robinhood · base floor $157,000
About this job
Amazon Healthcare Security's (HealthSec) team is hiring a Security Engineer II to protect Amazon One Medical's network infrastructure. As a team lead you will assess security risks, develop mitigation strategies, and integrate security controls into rapidly evolving operational systems.
Working closely with security engineers and product teams, you will safeguard the networks, devices, and workflows that power Amazon's healthcare operations.
Key job responsibilities
Lead security investigations in partnership with other organizations
Act as team Lead and provide operational guidance to your peers
Conduct security reviews of network architecture, automation tools, and infrastructure
Perform risk assessments and identify security vulnerabilities in workflows
Implement security best practices including network security, identity management, and secure system deployment
Collaborate with product development teams to integrate security controls
Support security incident investigations related to infrastructure
Develop and maintain security documentation including, risk assessments, and security guidelines
Drive security automation efforts including monitoring and alerting for key security risks
Effectively communicate with executives regarding key events and progress on investigations
About the team
Amazon Security offers talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities across cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
We seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices to address the toughest security challenges. We provide endless knowledge-sharing, training, and career-advancing resources, and we value work-life harmony with flexibility as part of our working culture.
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
- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++
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.
USA, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
Source: Amazon · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingSecurity Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare$159,300 to $202,400
Network Dev Engineer III - AMZ9765570$159,890 to $184,000
Data Engineer II - AMZ27757.1$160,113 to $196,600
Manager III, Plan/Dev - AMZ23026.12$160,118 to $193,200
Sr Mgr, Vendor Management, Global Outsourcing$160,300 to $216,800
Data Engineer III - AMZ10455847$160,472 to $188,200
Tech Ops Engineer II - AMZ9971307$160,493 to $210,800
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Security Engineer II, Amazon Stores Security Healthcare (this listing) | $159,300 - $202,400 |
| Network Dev Engineer III - AMZ9765570 | $159,890 - $184,000 |
| Data Engineer II - AMZ27757.1 | $160,113 - $196,600 |
| Manager III, Plan/Dev - AMZ23026.12 | $160,118 - $193,200 |
| Sr Mgr, Vendor Management, Global Outsourcing | $160,300 - $216,800 |
| Data Engineer III - AMZ10455847 | $160,472 - $188,200 |
| Tech Ops Engineer II - AMZ9971307 | $160,493 - $210,800 |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Nov 3, 2026 (4 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-30
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US, WA, Seattle
USA, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.