Security Industry Specialist, Subsidiary & Acquisition GRC

Security Industry Specialist, Subsidiary & Acquisition GRC

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Blink (Amazon’s subsidiary) Security team is growing and looking for a highly motivated security risk & compliance specialist to join our team and drive regulatory compliance requirements for our products. In this role, you will work collaboratively with various business and security teams across Amazon to identify compliance needs, assess the maturity of processes and controls, design, build, and execute high‑impact security or compliance programs to ensure successful audit executions.

You should be a technically experienced and innovative security, risk, compliance, and audit professional who has the ability to understand systems, security, and privacy processes, communicate to customers, and drive innovative process changes through multiple organizations and teams.

• Understand and rationalize regulatory requirements for service and device security
• Proactively assess, identify and develop recommendations regarding data protection, insider threat, data sharing, identity and access management, and third‑party risk issues and vulnerabilities by working with multiple stakeholder teams, including Privacy, Legal, HR, IT, etc.
• Engage with the Business and SMEs to ensure compliance to information security policies
• Review security controls that are technical in nature, such as access controls, data encryption in transit and at rest, and auditing and logging user activity
• Develop and maintain relevant security risk metrics to promote transparency across the organization; measure, monitor and report on information security risks to management
• Maintain control libraries and compliance requirements and guidance materials for various security standards and regulations
• Provide business‑specific interpretations and support automation opportunities
• Liaise with auditors, articulate control implementation and impact, and establish considerations for applying security, privacy and compliance concepts to a technical cloud environment

• Experience in security or compliance consulting or advisory work in support of a highly technical environment
• 3+ years of IT platform implementation in a technical and analytical role experience
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent, or 5+ years of IT Security experience
• 3+ years in performing and/or participating in technical assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (e.g., NIST, SOC 2, or ISO)

• Master’s degree or above in a technical or engineering related field, such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, etc.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: access‑control system and methodology, network security, application‑and system‑development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security
• 1+ years of technical specialist, design and architecture experience, or AWS Professional level certification
• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Experience communicating across technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
• Experience with compliance & security standards including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include working safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhering to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicating effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and following all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

In accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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.