Security Assurance Solutions Architect, AWS Security Assurance Services

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Assurance Services is seeking a Security Assurance Solutions Architect to expand our program and educate customers on scalable, product-led, services that automate compliance in the cloud. You will work across multiple lines of business to help customers securely move workloads and regulated data to AWS while addressing risk and regulatory requirements.

This is a customer-facing role focused on translating complex compliance needs into practical, scalable cloud

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management and internal audit including risk assessments, audits, designing controls and enterprise control frameworks.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Management Information Security or related field.
• 5 years experience in IT security compliance and risk management, data privacy or security controls.
• 2 years experience advising customers on architectures meeting standards such as NIST 800-53 and GDPR.
• CPA CMA CISA CIA or equivalent risk audit or compliance credentials.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• CISSP CISA CISM or other security certification such as GCIH or GSEC or Security+.
• Experience in performing security assessments and audits of networks, operating systems, applications and IT processes.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product and technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Deliver in teams to enhance security assurance and compliance programs for customers and partners.
• Define innovative compliance and risk management approaches to help customers move sensitive workloads to the cloud faster.
• Address security assurance questions and demonstrate risk management and compliance while operating in the AWS Cloud.
• Convey partner and customer feedback to AWS technology roadmaps.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.

Skills

Risk management

Internal audit

Architecture advisory

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

Security governance

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/MIS or related field

Job description

The AWS 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.

The AWS Security Assurance Services team works with our largest enterprise customers to operationalize the shared responsibility model as they migrate to the cloud. Are you a Governance Risk and Compliance professional who can address the challenges of migrating systems and workloads to the cloud Are you skilled at helping executives address their enterprise risk management requirements using highly scalable computing architectures

The AWS Security Assurance Service team within AWS Support is seeking a talented Security Assurance Solutions Architect to help the expansion of the Security Assurance practice and educate our customers on how our product-led people-powered services helps operate their business securely on AWS while also demonstrating assurance that compliance objectives can be achieved. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute at the intersection of cloud cyber security and compliance. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple lines of business and learn from (and contribute to) a variety of security and compliance use cases. This is a customer facing role where success is measured by helping enable our customers in moving their workloads and regulated data into the cloud by addressing specific risk regulatory and compliance requirements.

We are looking for an innovative security/compliance professional who has the ability to handle a wide range of compliance requirements is willing to dive in to the details can translate those requirements into scalable solutions and is able to communicate at all levels within an organization.

Key job responsibilities

• Expertise Delivers in teams that include Amazonians partners and customers to enhance security assurance and compliance programs.
• Solutions - Work with a team to define innovative compliance and risk management approaches to customers that help the customer understand how to move sensitive workloads onto the cloud faster.
• Delivery Engagements will require working to resolve security assurance questions and to understand how to manage risk and achieve compliance while operating in the AWS Cloud through deep dive discussions strategic presentations/recommendations and hands on demonstrations of automating compliance in the AWS environment.
• Insights - Work with AWS engineering support and business teams to convey partner and customer feedback as input to AWS technology roadmaps.
• Ability to travel to customer sites as needed.

About the team

AWS Security Assurance Services LLC a PCI-QSAC (Payment Card Industry-Qualified Security Assessor company) and HITRUST External Assessor Firm is a team of industry certified assessors helping our customers achieve maintain and automate compliance in the cloud by tying together applicable audit standards to AWS service specific features and functionality.

Diverse Experiences

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• Experience in risk management and internal audit including: performing risk assessments and audits designing controls managing enterprise control frameworks and prioritizing risk
• Bachelors degree or equivalent in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems Management Information Security or other related fields
• 5 years experience in IT security compliance and risk management data privacy or security controls.
• 2 years experience advising customers on architectures meeting industry standards and regulations such as NIST 800-53 and GDPR.
• CPA CMA CISA CIA or equivalent risk audit or compliance credentials
• Experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
• CISSP CISA CISM or other security certification or GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or Security
• Experience in performing security assessments and information system audits of network operating systems application security as well as auditing IT processes.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business product and technical challenges.

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