Security Specialist, Region Services | Relocation Support

Amazon; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development

Health & income protection

Military differential pay

Employee Assistance Program

Family-building benefit

Amazon employee discounts

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Security Specialist for AWS Region Services in Melbourne. You will lead the onboarding and assurance of region-specific cloud services, ensuring compliance with Australia's security standards and frameworks.

You'll collaborate with 100+ AWS teams, craft security baselines, and drive data transfer security practices, shaping the security posture of Australia’s national cloud environment.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in security assurance roles such as cybersecurity, auditing, security architecture and design, or within public sector agencies involved in cybersecurity.
• Proven experience working in large scale governance, audit, risk and compliance programmes.
• Experience with cloud native technologies and data transfer/gateway solutions.
• Strong written and presentation communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the security onboarding and assurance of region-specific cloud services, ensuring every service meets the operational readiness bar.
• Review and contribute to technical documentation from global service teams, translating security requirements into actionable guidance.
• Define control objectives and security baselines in collaboration with customers and service teams.
• Lead auditing engagements for data-flow controls and ensure alignment with Australian security frameworks.
• Identify risks and improvement opportunities, and participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Security assurance

Governance & compliance

Cloud security

Security auditing

Data transfer/gateway

Education

Degree in Computer Science / IT Security

Tools

AWS security services

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Security Specialist for AWS Region Services in Melbourne. You will lead the onboarding and assurance of region-specific cloud services, ensuring compliance with Australia's security standards and frameworks.

You'll collaborate with 100+ AWS teams, craft security baselines, and drive data transfer security practices, shaping the security posture of Australia’s national cloud environment.