Security Assessor, Amazon Privacy Services

Amazon Security is looking for a risk specialist focused on driving information security compliance in Healthcare and Payments systems. This role will conduct deep dives into critical risk areas. You will be responsible for driving consensus across teams to define and influence the secure and compliant design of systems worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

Understands and rationalizes compliance requirements in the healthcare and payments domains. Provides business specific interpretations and supports automation opportunities while working with DevOps teams.
Establishes credibility and maintains good working relationships with groups involved with payment security and compliance matters (InfoSec Legal Business Development Internal Audit Fraud Physical Security Developer Community Networking Systems etc.).
Collaborate with Compliance Specialists and business/service teams to understand and validate assessment scope.
Review security controls that are technical in nature such as access controls data encryption in transit and at rest and auditing and logging user activity.
Responsible for building and influencing security as a core competency throughout our relationships with internal teams/partners/vendor; this includes providing education and training to the organization.
Delivers recommendations and risk interpretations in a clear concise and audience-specific format
Engages with the Business and SMEs to ensure compliance to information security policies
Supports ad-hoc data analysis requests
Analysis of historical data to identify trends and insights
Leads the creation implementation monitoring and maintenance of security Policies and Standards

About the team
Diverse Experiences
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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 Amazons 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.

Work/Life Balance
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Training and Career Growth
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- Bachelors degree in computer science or management information systems
- Knowledge of security technology and concepts (Authentication Authorization Single sign-on Cryptography etc.)
- 2 years of relevant industry experience including information security assurance data privacy and compliance (preferably in payments and healthcare domains).
- 2 years of information security governance audit risk management or related client service or consulting experience.
- Experience in risk management business risk analysis and making complex business/risk trade-off recommendations and decisions.

- CISSP CISA CISM or other security certification
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services
- Experience in problem solving and delivering results
- Knowledge of AWS services
- Related security control and compliance experience in various frameworks including: HIPAA HITRUST PCI DSS GLBA ISO NIST etc.
- Demonstrated leadership teamwork and collaboration skills.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 55600.00 - 97400.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 80200.00 - 97400.00 USD annually