Cloud Security Architect

AWS Sales Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue adoption and growth from the largest and
fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector.
At Amazon Security is Top Priority. We are looking for security architects who are passionate about Cloud Security. Ideal candidates are those who have working experience with AWS Cloud Cloud Security Infrastructure Security Network Security Cloud Security Assessment Penetration testing Application security assessment Compliance audits Cryptography and are interested in helping customers embrace cloud technologies. This role is ideal for security architects who have worked in regulated industries like Banks Insurance Companies PSUs or as security architects in System Integrators.
AWS ProServe India is looking for a SRC (Security Risk & Compliance) Architect with a strong foundation in traditional cloud and infrastructure security coupled with a forward-looking focus on AI Security. This role will deliver end-to-end security engagements for customers in India and globally spanning network security identity management encryption compliance and DevSecOps while also helping customers secure their Generative AI LLM and agentic AI workloads against emerging threats such as prompt injection model poisoning and data exfiltration.
This role is ideal for professionals who have built their careers on traditional security disciplines (infrastructure hardening penetration testing compliance audits incident response) in regulated industries like Banking Insurance and Financial Services and who are now extending that expertise into AI/ML security. Ideal candidates bring deep hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Security Network & Infrastructure Security Cryptography and DevSecOps alongside growing proficiency in securing AI workloads LLM applications RAG pipelines and agentic systems. A passion for helping customers embrace both cloud and AI technologies securely is essential.


Key job responsibilities
Cloud Security Architecture & Implementation
Help customers implement core AWS security services including IAM VPC KMS CloudHSM AWS Organizations WAF AWS Network Firewall and GWLB-based Security Appliances.
Deliver DevSecOps pipelines integrating IaC scanners SAST and DAST tools
Develop end-to-end security automation solutions (using IaC Python application code) to reduce organizational risk
Strong programming skills in at least one language: Python Java Go C/C or equivalent.
AI & Generative AI Security
Assess and mitigate security risks associated with AI/ML workloads including model poisoning prompt injection data leakage and adversarial attacks
Design security architectures for GenAI and LLM-based applications (e.g. Amazon Bedrock SageMaker AgentCore) including guardrails content filtering and access controls.
Implement responsible AI governance frameworks covering data privacy model explainability and bias detection.
Advise customers on securing agentic AI systems RAG pipelines and AI supply chains against emerging threats

Identity & Access Management
Design and implement robust IAM solutions with deep understanding of AWS IAM service-linked policies SCPs and IAM Identity Center (SSO).
Understand cryptography (certificate management encryption/decryption PKI)
Data Encryption & Key Management
Implement encryption mechanisms to protect data both in transit and at rest.
Select and configure encryption tools and key management systems (KMS CloudHSM).


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- Bachelors degree in business administration finance economics computer science data science engineering or other related field
- 8 years of programming in Python Ruby Go Swift C or similar object oriented language experience
- Experience leading highly-available and fault-tolerant enterprise and web-scale software deployments
- Knowledge of the primary aws services (ec2 elb rds route53 & s3)
- Experience with any combination of the following: application security frameworks identity and access controls incident response mobile security cloud computing and security AI security threat intelligence and penetration testing

- Experience with compliance & security standards including PCI DSS ISO 27001 HIPAA and NIST
- Experience leading the design development and deployment of business software at scale or recent hands-on technology infrastructure network compute storage and virtualization experience
- Experience facilitating discussions with senior leadership regarding technical / architectural trade-offs best practices and risk mitigation

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