Security & Compliance Engineer , AWS Security Assurance Services

AWS Security Assurance Services (SAS) is hiring a Senior Security & Compliance Engineer to innovate on behalf of customers and lead prototyping and development of the security and compliance solutions. The right candidate will own security risk identification mitigation and engineering outcomes that span beyond a single team: designing controls writing code leading reviews automating remediations and translating compliance frameworks into secure-by-default implementations on AWS. They will lead design deployment and implementation of complex AWS security and compliance solutions that accomplish defined business and security outcomes solving for new levels of scale complexity and performance.

Key job responsibilities
Engineer AI-enabled automations lead threat modeling security design reviews architecture reviews & security assessments

Own design and architecture choices for security and compliance automation solutions for regulated customers and influence partner-org designs.

Build secure-by-default IaC modules for Landing Zones Control Tower customizations Zero-Trust architectures and AI/ML workloads.

Lead the design deployment and implementation of AWS security controls continuous compliance monitoring technical control validation visualization and reporting automated evidence collection and remediation of insecure configurations at scale.

Architect custom preventive detective and proactive controls e.g. service-Control- policies Resource-Control Policies (SCPs and RCPs) policy-as-code (cfn-guard OPA Rego Cedar) and automated remediation workflows.

Set the bar for authentication and authorization data handling least privilege encryption micro-segmentation tagging strategy integrations via API and MCP and secure AI agentic design.

Write and review architecture code scripts IaC including Python Terraform AWS CDK CloudFormation REGO).

Lead alignment resolve escalations troubleshooting and root-cause analysis to closure with peers senior managers and principal engineers.

Lead the development of technical content: sample code blog posts workshops reference architectures whitepapers.

Communicate security risk and design decisions clearly verbally and in writing to technical non-technical and C-level audiences.

Identify and shape sales opportunities; provide input to AWS service-team roadmaps and SAS offering strategy.

Travel to customer sites as needed.

About the team
The Security Assurance Services 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.

AWS Security Assurance Services LLC a PCI-QSAC and HITRUST External Assessor Firm is a team of industry certified assessors Security & Compliance Engineers with DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Architect backgrounds helping our customers achieve maintain and automate security & compliance in the cloud.

- 3 years of programming in Python Ruby Go Swift C or similar object oriented language experience
- 2 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- 2 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or experience in IT Security
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or 2 years of IT Security experience
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Experience in scripting programming and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- Experience in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)

- 2 years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security experience
- 2 years of scripting programming or security code review in a common language such as Python Java or C experience
- Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols analyze log outputs or automate basic tasks
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP(S) DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of networking protocols to include HTTP(S) DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with programming languages such as Python Java C
- Experience in scripting programming or security code reviewing in a common language such as Python Java or C
- Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) such as security design review threat modeling secure code review and security testing

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

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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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 CA Santa Clara - 166600.00 - 212800.00 USD annually