Security Assurance & Compliance Lead

Undp Careers; Madrid; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security Assurance in Madrid is seeking a highly experienced Security Assurance Specialist to lead AWS compliance programs across EMEA. The role focuses on demonstrating control implementations and regulatory alignment for cloud services, interfacing with regulators and customers.

The ideal candidate brings a strong audit background, deep knowledge of ISAE 3401, COBIT, ITIL, and DORA, and a proven track record of influencing cross-functional teams to scale security controls globally.

Qualifications

• Experience working directly with government officials and regulatory bodies.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, Information Security, or related field.
• 5+ years IT audits based on ISAE 3401 and auditing COBIT, ITIL, IT-Grundschutz and assessments of highly technical cloud-based environments.
• 3+ years building risk programs and staying current with industry trends.
• 5+ years in highly regulated industries with exposure to European audits and frameworks such as DORA.

Responsibilities

• Dive deep into the Amazon control environment to develop broad domain and technical understanding of our security activities and control implementations to articulate compliance implications to both customers and internal/external audit functions.
• Develop understanding of regulated industry compliance requirements and communicate how we control activities to meet global regulatory obligations.
• Liaise with customers, regulators and auditors, articulate control implementation, and describe considerations for applying security and compliance concepts to monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve the organization by being a trusted advisor, facilitator and creative problem solver.
• Implement continuous improvements to the security organization and the program management process. Share program/project process frameworks, tools, and best practices that can be adopted throughout the organization.
• Apply a working knowledge of global information security regulation and policy to articulate customer and control impact and drive alignment to Amazon controls.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Audit principles

Stakeholder collaboration

Cloud security

Regulatory audits

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, Information Security or related field

Tools

COBIT

ITIL

Job description

Amazon Security Assurance in Madrid is seeking a highly experienced Security Assurance Specialist to lead AWS compliance programs across EMEA. The role focuses on demonstrating control implementations and regulatory alignment for cloud services, interfacing with regulators and customers.

The ideal candidate brings a strong audit background, deep knowledge of ISAE 3401, COBIT, ITIL, and DORA, and a proven track record of influencing cross-functional teams to scale security controls globally.