The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (AWS ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Senior Delivery Consultant to join our Cloud Security team. As a Senior Security Consultant youll work closely with customers to design implement and automate solutions in AWS to protect customer assets enable customer security teams to operate more effectively and ensure customers dont accept unnecessary risk. You will work in fast-paced complex projects that focus on delivering transformative business and security outcomes for customers globally. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled technical security professional with the ability to coach and guide executive security and cloud leaders in their journey addressing topics such as security strategy and optimizing cloud security operations while being able to dive deep into AWS security technology. Along the way youll be expected to invent extend and adapt technology to tailor solutions to customer needs as well as coach and mentor junior consultants to enable their success.
The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices which cover a variety of solutions technologies and industries.
Key job responsibilities
As an experienced technology professional you will be expected to:
1. Act as the technical leader for customer engagements and/or the security workstreams of engagements leading teams of consultants.
2. Lead internal initiatives to deliver quantifiable impact
3. Develop strategic relationships with internal and external leaders
4. Design and implement complex scalable and secure AWS solutions tailored to customer needs
5. Enable and engage delivery partners in project delivery
6. Provide mentorship and coaching to develop others
About the team
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- 5 years of experience in cloud architecture and implementation
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering related field or equivalent experience
- 3 year(s) of experience in IT security compliance or risk management
- 5 years experience in technology automation implementation integration and/or deployment
- AWS experience preferred with proficiency in a wide range of AWS services (e.g. EC2 S3 RDS Lambda IAM VPC CloudFormation)
- AWS Professional level certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect Professional DevOps Engineer Professional) preferred
- Experience with automation and scripting (e.g. Terraform Python)
- Knowledge of security and compliance standards (e.g. HIPAA GDPR)
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Work experience in any of the following industries: financial services (banking capital markets payments insurance or other segments) automotive telecommunications healthcare life sciences energy media & entertainment or manufacturing.
- Hands-on technical expertise in building security capabilities in code deploying infrastructure as code and implementing enterprise security solutions (e.g. WAF IPS Anti-DDOS SIEM)
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $138200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $239000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.