Sr. Security Industry Specialist, Amazon Business

Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion-dollar global business. At Amazon Business, a fast-growing startup passionate about building solutions, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo.

We stand at the intersection of tech & retail in the B2B space developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations thrive.

At Amazon Business, we obsess over our customers and maintaining their trust. To earn that trust in an environment as vast and varied as Amazon’s requires the applied skills of smart, experienced and innovative security practitioners willing to tackle challenges at dizzying scales.

We are seeking a Security Industry Specialists from diverse backgrounds, who are creative problem solvers and passionate about delivering solutions that improve both user experience and security while meeting internal and external standards and compliance requirements.

In this role, you will work across many stakeholders to design solutions that meet global industry standards and regulatory requirements.

As part of the team, you will identify industry requirements, evaluate compliance requests, and deliver results that demonstrate the effectiveness of Amazon's internal security controls.

You’ll apply your creative problem-solving skills and work with service teams and partner security teams to provide assurance to customers, as well as, design, build, and execute high-impact security or compliance programs.

Key job responsibilities

You will be responsible for a set of long-term security outcomes. Your day-to-day job responsibilities will include :

• Building ISO 27001, SOC2, and other security and privacy certifications and attestation programs, identifying applicable security controls, assessing compliance gaps and readiness, developing remediation strategies, and driving remediation activities to completion;
• Driving certifications and assessments programs by liaising with external auditors and other Amazon security teams, articulating control implementation and impact, and establishing considerations for applying security, privacy, and compliance concepts to a technical cloud environment;
• Delivering recommendations and risk interpretations in a clear, concise and audience-specific format
• Developing broad domain and technical knowledge in AWS and Amazon security solutions including the operational processes and controls in place that support InfoSec compliance programs;
• Communicating to key stakeholders and leadership the operational processes around Amazon security practices and how controls are implemented across the environment;
• Communicating to leadership key risks and areas of program improvement, as well as, seek diverse opinions and coordinate improvement efforts;
• Working closely with engineering, compliance, security, and Legal teams to meet compliance and regulatory requirements and design compliance solutions;

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations :

Arlington, VA, USA Austin, TX, USA Boston, MA, USA Dallas, TX, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA Nashville, TN, USA New York City, NY, USA New York, NY, USA Seattle, WA, USA Washington, DC, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Cyber Security, Mathematics, Accounting / Auditing, or other related fields
• 5+ years of experience in security, audits, customer trust, control assessments, or risk assessments in support of a highly technical and global environment
• 5+ years of experience in performing implementation and technical audits / assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (e.

g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, or NIST 800 series frameworks)

• CISSP, CISA, CISM, CIA or other comparable security controls or audit certifications
• Deep technical background with experience in common IT infrastructure and services / applications
• Experience building certification roadmaps and compliance documentation

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in technical security design, compliance consulting, or advisory work in support of a highly technical DevSecOps and cloud environment
• Security control and compliance experience that include more than one of the following : ISO, NIST, PCI, HIPAA, GLBA, GDPR, NYDFS, etc.
• Skilled in making complex business / risk trade-off recommendations and decisions
• Experience in program or project management
• Experience in unified control framework development and implementation
• Detailed understanding of evaluating the design and effectiveness of security controls and experience working with auditors / regulators
• Experience communicating audit / assessment results and remediation plans with leadership, and prioritizing and remediating findings with service / system owner
30+ days ago