Executive Security Advisor, AWS Security Assurance Services

AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

The AWS Security Assurance Services (AWS SAS) team works with our largest enterprise customers to address their security and compliance requirements using cloud native technology, while adopting scalable security and risk control measures across their infrastructure. Are you excited by the possibility of using automation and event driven computing to achieve continuous compliance? Do you want to dive deeper into cloud technology, while redefining traditional security measures? Are you interested in applying your assessment and advisory skills to workloads that use emerging technologies in new and interesting ways?

At AWS SAS, we are hiring technical security experts with a background in security assessments to lead a variety of customer focused engagements that include architecture and compliance guidance. You will also work with industry and standards bodies to further the creation of security guidance that leverages the advantages of cloud technology. This role will specialize in assessments and advisory work for well-known security frameworks, standards and regulations as well as risk management methodologies.

Responsibilities include:
- Expertise - Lead teams to help partners and customers understand the opportunities for cloud technology to handle security and compliance requirements in key market verticals and regulated industries, such as financial services, healthcare, life sciences, and energy.
Solutions – Scope and lead on-site engagements with partners and customers. This includes leading pre-sales on-site visits, understanding customer security and compliance requirements, and proposing and delivering packaged offerings or custom solution engagements.
- Delivery - Engagements include short on-site projects leading to architecture or compliance roadmaps, architecture guidance, gap assessments, etc. Engagements will include assessments and reporting on various aspects of a customer's security and compliance posture.
- Insights - Collaborate with AWS engineering, support and business teams to convey partner and customer feedback as input to AWS technology roadmaps.

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
8+ years of experience building scalable security governance programs in regulated environments
8+ years of experience in an internal or external IT security audit or compliance
assessment role
Candidate must possess at least one of the following security certifications CISSP, CISM, Certified ISO27001 Lead Implementer
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Information Security, Business or equivalent experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience building common compliance framework controls as well as mapping between different compliance requirements
Experience automating assessments in enterprise or cloud environments
Experience assessing security controls for enterprise applications
Demonstrated breadth of security expertise in various sub domains such as encryption, identity, incident response, etc.
Hands-on technical expertise in technology automation, implementation, integration, and/or deployment
Experience with risk assessment methodologies and risk reporting for executive leadership
Proven background in clearly writing complex technical documents that can be presented across a varied enterprise corporate audience

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site. Read more