Senior Security Technical Program Manager, AWS Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS); City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS is seeking a Senior Security Technical Program Manager to lead security programs across customer engagements and internal teams in Australia. You will own the planning, delivery, and governance of security initiatives, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business goals.

You will engage stakeholders, design security controls, and drive risk-managed outcomes while advancing AWS’s security posture across cloud services and solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams.
• 5+ years of technical program management with software teams.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional programs and release schedules.
• Knowledge of security controls across networks, identity, and data protection.
• Experience in or with classified government environments, including security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate security engagements with internal and external customers to align objectives.
• Identify packages of work and plan delivery within tight timeframes.
• Implement security compliance frameworks (ISM, PSPF, DSPF, NIST) into design baselines.
• Drive continuous improvement and remove roadblocks in a fast-paced environment.
• Lead cross-functional teams to synchronize dependencies and milestones.
• Develop and share thought leadership on cloud security and emerging tech.

Skills

Engineering collaboration

Technical program management

Cross-functional coordination

Security controls

Australian government experience

Security clearance

Job description

Description

Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance with the ability to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment. For more information regarding security clearances please visit (https://www.agsva.gov.au/).

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud service provider, providing virtualised infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment, operating at massive levels of scale. Businesses, from start-ups to enterprises to large government customers, run their operations and applications on AWS’ highly secure infrastructure.

As a Senior Security Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) within our team, you’ll influence and own long-term security outcomes for AWS. You’ll be working with external customers and regulated industries to understand their needs. You’ll be able to design security systems and solutions that enable them to operate more effectively, securely and safely. You will work with your team, partners, and customers to innovate and deliver on the vision and purpose of your programs. While working directly with AWS service teams, infrastructure, and administrative teams, you’ll identify opportunities to improve AWS’ project security posture. This will include building tools, driving process improvements, and working with service owners to develop innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.

You will be responsible to identify, plan and deliver program security outcomes by independently engaging a broad set of internal and external stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities

• Coordinate security-related engagements with both internal and external customers, ensuring effective communication and alignment of security objectives.


• Coordinate security related engagements with internal and external customers.


• Identify security packages of work and meticulously plan for their delivery within agreed timeframes, leveraging strategic foresight to anticipate and address potential challenges.


• Implement ISM, PSPF, DSPF, ASIO T4, NIST and/or other security compliance frameworks into design and build baselines to achieve the agreed security posture.


• Be proactive to removing roadblocks, fostering innovation, and managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, driving continuous improvement and efficiency.


• Create, optimize, and support cross-functional working groups and projects, fostering collaboration and synergy across departments to enhance security capabilities.


• Utilize domain expertise to develop thought leadership material on cloud and emerging technologies, contributing to industry discourse and organizational knowledge sharing.


• Manage tight deadlines with precision and drive results, exhibiting exceptional attention to detail and ensuring the successful completion of projects and initiatives.


• Orchestrate cross-functional teams (e.g. services teams, network teams, infrastructure teams, physical security teams, and operations teams) to align technical dependencies, manage competing priorities, and ensuring synchronised progress towards program milestones.


• Engage in technical architecture discussions about security controls, understand complex system dependencies across logical and physical domains, and make informed trade-off decisions that balance security rigour with delivery timelines. Maintain a \"top-down\" strategic view of timelines, risks, and resource constraints across the program while possessing technical credibility to challenge engineering approaches and identify early architectural risks.


• Identify and manage risk through the security lens to mitigate security risk that may impact on assurance outcomes, which in turn may impact program delivery.

Hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see https://www1.defence.gov.au/security/clearances).

A day in the life

You’ll immerse yourself in teams and leaders from different program stakeholders and businesses at AWS. You'll play a vital role in ensuring security outcomes crucial to our mission. You'll witness various facets of AWS's operations firsthand. Your contributions will directly shape our program's well-being and establish standards for technical security achievements. You'll own the responsibility of shaping and implementing processes to meet our program's goals.

About The Team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

The team is comprised of security professionals with a cross section of national security and private sector experience, providing a range of perspectives required for creative problem solving. We value diversity of thought, creativity, and a strong Bias for Action and Earn Trust. We believe that there are no \"perfect\" security solutions and we develop and iterate using a continuous improvement process.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,

there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training and Career growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience


• 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience


• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules


• Understanding of the unique challenges, constraints, and processes involved in operating within classified government environments, including personnel security requirements, information handling protocols, and continuous authorisation maintenance.


• Technical understanding of security controls across multiple domains (network security, access control, cryptography, monitoring, incident response) sufficient to evaluate architectural approaches and identify implementation risks.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience


• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules


• Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership


• Demonstrated experience delivering cyber security programs in Australia aligned with the Information Security Manual (ISM) and Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF).


• Proven track record achieving certification, accreditation, and assurance of software systems to obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for highly classified systems operating at the highest classification level.

Acknowledgement Of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE Statement

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Company - Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd

Job ID: A3163968