We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Arlington, VA, USA Herndon, VA, USA

Come contribute your ideas to security at Amazon. Our group is Amazon Foundational Security Services (AFSS). We deliver internal security services that support Amazon businesses including Amazon.

com, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Twitch, Whole Foods, Kuiper, and many more. We deliver Amazon's internal security tooling for identity management, permissions management, access control, authorization, and authentication.

Our services are used company-wide to ensure that Amazon services have a strong security foundation.

We are looking for Security Industry Specialists from diverse backgrounds, who are creative problem solvers and passionate about delivering solutions that improve both user experience and security while meeting internal and external standards and compliance requirements.

Our services underpin many cloud technologies, so we carefully consider our technology decisions, dependency trees, and architectures to ensure that the company’s critical services can depend on us.

We are a global team and have a culture of learning from each other. We don’t expect people to join our team knowing everything.

We recognize that qualifications can be demonstrated through various avenues beyond traditional education or direct job experience.

We encourage candidates to highlight transferable skills acquired through volunteer work, leadership roles, or other non-traditional paths, in addition to any professional experience.

In this role, you will work across many stakeholders that deliver internal security services at Amazon to design solutions that meet global industry standards and regulatory requirements.

As part of the team, you will identify industry requirements, evaluate compliance requests, and deliver results that demonstrate the effectiveness of Amazon's internal security controls.

You’ll apply your creative problem-solving skills and work with service teams and partner security teams to provide assurance to customers, as well as, design, build, and execute high-impact security or compliance programs for highly regulated entities.

Key job responsibilities

You will be responsible for a set of long term security outcomes. Your day to day job responsibilities will include :

• Working closely with engineering, compliance, security, and Legal teams to meet compliance and regulatory requirements and design compliant solutions;
• Communicating to key stakeholders and leadership the operational processes around Amazon security practices and how controls are implemented across the environment;
• Communicating to leadership key risks and areas of program improvement, as well as, seek diverse opinions and coordinate improvement efforts;
• Fielding and addressing compliance information requests in collaboration with internal stakeholders;
• Bridging communication with key stakeholders and Amazon technical communities to articulate how compliance requirements impact Amazon; and
• Operating a quality rhythm of the business for managing multiple stakeholder expectations simultaneously.

About the team

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.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Arlington, VA, USA Herndon, VA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Accounting / Auditing, or other related fields
• 7 years of experience in security, audits, customer trust, control assessments, or risk assessments OR 7 years of experience in data center operations, facilities management, or systems management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in third-party audits and regional / regulatory examinations
• Experience in performing technical assessments and documentation around key controls and security processes, as well as auditing IT processes, including working knowledge of key controls across a number of industry best practices

Last updated : 2024-06-26