Sr Sec Assurance Specialist

Amazon UK; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Do you have a passion for applying cutting edge technologies and automation in traditionally manual processes? Do you have experience in finding innovative solutions to scale security controls across diverse teams and technologies? Do you have ideas about influencing the future of security assurance? At Amazon, Security is our highest priority. At Amazon's scale, we are committed to inventing new ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our most regulatory conscious customers.

Come, join a creative team at Security Assurance dedicated to demonstrating the security controls of the services we offer here.

Key Responsibilities

1. You will work with customers and regulators to demonstrate Amazon's security controls applicable to local requirements.
2. Help customers understand how our infrastructure is designed, operated, maintained, and protected in accordance with global regulated industry standards.
3. Inspire, lead, and transform our audit and compliance programs through innovative process engineering across multiple organizations and teams.
4. Bridge security, technology, and compliance to facilitate the scale of the program.
5. Work across many stakeholders, including internal and external customers, to design solutions for complex compliance challenges.
6. Drive innovative process changes through multiple organizations and teams.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelors, Masters or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Accounting/Auditing, Cybersecurity or other related fields.
2. 10+ years of working experience in performing and/or participating in IT audits and assessments of highly technical cloud-based environments.
3. 10+ years working in highly regulated industries (e.g. financial services, healthcare, and energy, telecommunications) including direct work with European audits and frameworks.
4. IT audit and/or security consulting experience.
5. 1 or more industry-recognized security, cloud, or audit professional certifications (e.g., CISA, CISM, CISSP, CCSP, Amazon Cloud Security Practitioner).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in technical security design, compliance consulting, or advisory work in support of a highly technical environment.
2. Deep understanding of regulatory guidance and applicable standards and requirements.
3. A record of delivery of IT process improvement projects.
4. Experience in IT program or project management, IT auditing, and/or control framework development and implementation.
5. Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon.