Principal Security Specialist, AWS Global Services Security Engineering

Are you interested in shaping the future of AWS? Do you want to be part of building something with massive impact? AWS Global Services Security (GSS) Engineering is looking for strong security specialists to join us as we make security smarter and simpler for all AWS customers. Today is just the beginning, and we want you to be part of our journey to innovate the way in which our users experience security. If you want to be part of the development and launch of a new AWS service, we want to meet you

AWS Global Services Security includes experts who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. You'll join a diverse team of technical experts who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to grow and make impact by defining how we help our customers operate compliant and secure infrastructure. Together we build highly available, secure, scalable, distributed and event-driven systems. As an security specialist, you will contribute to ideation, planning, and designing the next generation compliance and threat modeling services.

Key job responsibilities

This role offers an opportunity to help define and launch new services that enhance security for AWS's global customer base. As a security specialist, you'll join a growing team of engineers focused on building transformative security services, working to reinvent how Amazon and our customers perceive and experience security. You will help shape Global Services Security's overall service offerings and how they help integrate together to help solve our customer's problems.

A day in the life

You will collaborate with engineering teams across AWS to design, deliver, and refine solutions that make it easier for our global customers to operate secure and compliant workloads within AWS. You'll work closely with our business team to ensure a clear understanding of the core problem we aim to solve. You'll partner with Product Management, UX Designer, and developers to create appropriate user stories and a roadmap.

Since the development and career progression of our team members is a priority, you will also coach and mentor others on the team to support their growth and achievement of career goals.

• Experience in security or compliance consulting or advisory work in support of a highly technical environment
• 3+ years of IT platform implementation in a technical and analytical role experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 5+ years of IT Security experience
• 5+ years in performing and/or participating in technical assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (e.g. NIST, SOC 2, or ISO)

• Master's degree or above in a technical or engineering related field, such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, etc.

• Experience with compliance & security standards including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST

• Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: access-control system and methodology, network security, application- and system-development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security

• 1+ years of technical specialist, design and architecture experience, or AWS Professional level certification

• Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architectures, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing, and operational excellence
• Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients

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