Senior Security Assurance Solutions Architect , AWS Security Assurance Services

Senior Security Assurance Solutions Architect, AWS Security Assurance Services

The Security Assurance Services (SAS) team, part of Amazon Web Services, leverages expertise and ingenuity to establish scalable security solutions for internal and external customers that drive business outcomes. Our goal of securing the world’s workloads and building a brighter future for humanity requires us to focus on reliable delivery of bar-raising security outcomes and investment in security mechanisms and automation on behalf of our customers.

The AWS Security Assurance Services team works with our largest enterprise customers to operationalize the shared responsibility model as they migrate to the cloud.

We are looking for an innovative security/compliance professional who has the ability to handle a wide range of compliance requirements, is willing to dive into details, can translate those requirements into scalable solutions, and is able to communicate at all levels within an organization.

• Lead teams that include Amazonians, partners, and customers to enhance security assurance and compliance programs.
• Define innovative compliance and risk management approaches to help customers understand how to move sensitive workloads onto the cloud faster.
• Resolve security assurance questions and understand how to manage risk and achieve compliance while operating in the AWS Cloud through deep-dive discussions, strategic presentations/recommendations, and hands‑on demonstrations of automating compliance in the AWS environment.
• Lead efforts with AWS engineering, support, and business teams to convey partner and customer feedback as input to AWS technology roadmaps.
• Travel to customer sites as needed.

• Experience in information security and compliance.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, Information Security or other related fields.
• Experience in risk management and internal audit including performing risk assessments and audits, designing controls, managing enterprise control frameworks, and prioritizing risk.
• Experience securing cloud software services and understanding design for scalability, performance and reliability.
• Three or more years of experience advising customers on architectures meeting industry standards and regulations such as NIST 800‑53 and GDPR.

• CPA, CMA, CISA, CIA or equivalent risk, audit, or compliance credentials.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and Dev Ops practices.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, GCIH, GSEC or Security+.
• Master’s degree or above in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Management, Information Systems, or other related discipline.
• Experience performing security assessments and information system audits of network, operating systems, application security, as well as auditing IT processes.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges.

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