Assurance Consultant AWS Security Assurance Services

The Global Services Security (GSS) team a part of Amazon Web Services leverages the expertise and ingenuity of our builders to establish scalable security solutions for both internal and external customers that drive business outcomes. Our goal of securing the worlds 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. Are you a Governance Risk and Compliance leader who can address the challenges of migrating systems and workloads to the cloud Are you skilled at helping executives address their enterprise risk management requirements using highly scalable computing architectures
The AWS Security Assurance Service team within GSS is seeking a talented Assurance Consultant to help the expansion of the Security Assurance practice and educate our customers on how our productled peoplepowered services helps operate their business securely on AWS while also demonstrating assurance that compliance objectives can be achieved. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute at the intersection of cloud cyber security and compliance. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple lines of business and learn from (and contribute to) a variety of security and compliance use cases. This is a customer facing role where success is measured by helping enable our customers in moving their workloads and regulated data into the cloud by addressing specific risk regulatory and compliance requirements.
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 in to the details can translate those requirements into scalable solutions and is able to communicate at all levels within an organization.


Key job responsibilities
Expertise Delivers in teams that include Amazonians partners and customers to enhance security assurance and compliance programs
Solutions Work with a team to define innovative compliance and risk management approaches to customers that help the customer understand how to move sensitive workloads onto the cloud faster.
Delivery Engagements will require working to resolve security assurance questions and to 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.
Insights Work with AWS engineering support and business teams to convey partner and customer feedback as input to AWS technology roadmaps.
Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.


About the team
AWS Security Assurance Services LLC a PCIQSAC (Payment Card IndustryQualified Security Assessor company) and HITRUST External Assessor Firm is a team of industry certified assessors helping our customers achieve maintain and automate compliance in the cloud by tying together applicable audit standards to AWS service specific features and functionality.
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5 years experience in IT security compliance and risk management data privacy or security controls.
2 years experience advising customers on architectures meeting NISTbased industry standards such as NIST 80053 FedRAMP NIST 800171 and CMMC.
2 years experience with enterprise risk management methods and techniques to drive successful outcomes in a global enterprise environment.
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Management Information Security or equivalent experience required.

Experience in performing security assessments and information system audits of network operating systems application security as well as auditing IT processes.
Clear understanding of Agile CI/CD DevOps approach and how they impact risk management and compliance.
Audit certification such as Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
CMMC certification such as CMMCRP
Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business product and technical challenges.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $118200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $204300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.