Principal Threat Intelligence Manager, AWS Region Services

Are you excited at the prospect of keeping millions of customers’ data safe? Do you want to help secure government data and operations at scale within the cloud? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s leading cloud provider, delivering virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. Information security is an integral part of AWS' corporate culture.

It is essential to maintaining our position as a leader in cloud computing, which is why AWS has made it a priority to create top‑tier threat intelligence operations and incident response teams to defend our customers against evolving threats. If you would like to join a company where security is truly job zero, where you can work with like‑minded peers who are passionate about the art & science of cyber defense, and where you can use state of the art tools for maximum impact, then we have a home for you.

• Identify, define and mitigate threats to AWS by liaising with the intelligence community, security researchers and international partners.
• Build and grow a massively scalable Threat Management and Incident Response service that is core to all of AWS’ users.
• Own the definition of best practices as it pertains to cyber security during the software development lifecycle used by engineers, including design, implementation, testing, and operational characteristics.
• Work as part of cross‑functional teams to develop secure and scalable solutions for our customers both domestically and internationally.
• Obtain and maintain relationships within the global intelligence and security community to provide early threat intelligence capabilities.
• Communicate with influential customers to explain AWS incident response and threat mitigation capabilities.
• Ensure detailed operational metrics and support for your team.

• Own a very large program.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight‑forward solutions.
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations.
• Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry prior art in design decisions.
• Exert subject matter expertise and influence over multiple teams, increasing their security by sharing deep knowledge and experience.

• Bachelor's degree or above.
• Experience working and communicating with multiple stakeholders, C-level executives and cross-functional teams.
• 10+ years of building and leading large teams and working in matrixed operating structures.
• Experience in strategic thinking about business, enterprise software products, and new technology platforms, and architectures or equivalent.
• Current, active U.S. Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

• 5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams.
• 5+ years of experience within the U.S. Intelligence Community as a senior team member.
• 5+ years of experience dealing with other intelligence community partners.

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The base salary range for this position is  -  USD annually. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and supplement life plans), employee assistance program, 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 at .