Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, delivering virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world to include the U.

S. Intelligence Community (IC).

The AWS Security US ADC Security, Industrial Security & Compliance team is responsible for creating, implementing, and overseeing Amazon’s National Industrial Security Program (NISP).

As a Program Security Officer supporting the AWS NISP, you will join a team of industry-leading security experts working with the U.

S. Government to operate and continuously improve industry-leading security programs and processes in support of the IC Information Technology Enterprise.

This position requires innovative thinking balanced with a strong customer obsession and a focus on quality and delivering results.

As a Program Security Officer at an accredited AWS site you will own the execution of multiple security disciplines in support of fast-moving classified operations and manage a wide array of projects designed to protect personnel, National Security Information, and critical infrastructure from insider and external threats.

You must obsess over internal and external customers and successfully deliver support and services in an environment where priorities shift extremely fast.

You must be able to operate independently to manage security projects, continuously triage and prioritize accordingly, communicate clearly and compellingly (without PowerPoint), THINK BIG and outside the box, and deliver exceptional products.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS / SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Key job responsibilities

• Responsible for providing comprehensive program security guidance concerning personnel, physical, operational, technical, information, industrial, counterintelligence, and computer security issues.
• Create, implement, communicate, and manage security requirements at a government accredited site or facility while providing day-to-day multi-discipline program security operations support.
• Proactively identify program and physical security requirements, problems, and sound solutions to successfully sustain and enhance the security of program execution.
• Maintenance of security hardware and systems employed onsite to meet government and AWS security requirements.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with internal (operations staff, engineers, teammates, etc.) and external (vendors, contractors, government staff, etc.

partners to heighten security awareness and engagement.

Must be willing to share on-call rotations in support of alarms, security incidents, and critical service outages.

About the team

Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally.

We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online.

Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life both in and outside of work.

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

Arlington, VA, USA Denver, CO, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5 years of experience acting in a Program Security Officer / CPSO / Security Specialist / Security Manager capacity in which duties required interpreting and implementing requirements within the personnel, industrial, and physical security disciplines.
• 2 years of experience with ICDs, NISPOM, and other government regulations related to classified programs.
• 2 years of experience working with physical security hardware, Intrusion Detection Systems, and Access Control Systems.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS / SCI with Polygraph

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training and experience.
• FSO / CSSO certification / training.
• Experience with a secure facility construction meeting ICD 705 requirements.
• Experience serving as a COMSEC custodian or alternate.
• Experience applying information assurance and information security policies and standards to include system administration tasks.
• Ability to drive program security projects independently.
• Ability to adapt to new technologies and can learn quickly.

Last updated : 2024-06-21