Security Architect, Digital Sovereignty, AWS Global Services Security - Office of Security Inno[...]

Amazon; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology leader is seeking a Senior Security Architect to ensure security compliance and guidance on digital sovereignty in Saudi Arabia. This role involves engaging with senior stakeholders, driving security strategies, and enhancing customer relationships within AWS. Candidates should possess significant experience in technology domains and security compliance, making a direct impact on customer outcomes and AWS product roadmaps. Competitive salary and full-time employment offered.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in technology domain areas.
• 3 years in design implementation or consulting in applications.
• 10 years in IT development or consulting in software or Internet industries.
• 5 years in infrastructure or database architecture.
• Experience in regulatory compliance domain.

Responsibilities

• Lead discussions on security risk and compliance with customers.
• Manage senior stakeholders to align on AWS platform outcomes.
• Help customers integrate AWS security controls.
• Prioritize customer outcomes while complying with requirements.
• Develop industry leading sovereignty-related resources.
• Assist AWS compliance team in strategic direction.
• Impact roadmaps for AWS products through customer feedback.
• Maintain relationships with key industry personnel.
• Help customers understand AWS security requirements.

Skills

CCTV

Customer Service

Communication skills

Computer Skills

ICD Coding

Military Experience

Law Enforcement

NIST Standards

Security

DoD Experience

RMF

Writing Skills

Job description

The Global Services Security (GSS) 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.

Security is our highest priority at AWS. As an AWS customer you benefit from an environment built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. As an Global Services Security (GSS) team member you will help secure that environment for our internal and external customers while working on security products for a variety of platforms and technologies all operating at massive scale.

This Sr. Security Architect for Digital Sovereignty role will advise and deliver security and compliance outcomes across a wide range of strategic opportunities and challenging environments. You will be responsible for shaping the security and compliance strategy for digital sovereignty. This includes designing technical architectures to help regulators public sector entities and highly regulated customers navigating digital sovereignty requirements for their jurisdictions. You will drive change with customers partners regulators and internal teams and develop security strategies and architectures to win support for delivering creative / non-standard approaches and solutions.

This key position will have high visibility at the most senior levels of customer partner and regulator organizations within Saudi Arabia. The position will act as the security interface with AWS customers and service teams working closely with AWS Sales and Solutions Architect teams. The candidate will foster key relationships interpret the impacts of industry and regulatory changes and track and report on industry trends.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the conversation on security risk and compliance with strategic AWS customers and partners with sovereignty restrictions
• Manage disparate senior stakeholders within customer environments to align consensus and drive outcomes on the AWS platform
• Help customers understand how they can integrate and implement AWS security controls into their own control frameworks
• Prioritize strategic customer outcomes that drive their business forward while complying with sovereignty requirements and increasing their overall security posture.
• Act as a thought leader. Develop and launch industry leading sovereignty-related customer-facing resources based on projected customer needs and current demand
• Assist the AWS compliance team in determining the strategic direction of the various AWS compliance programs based on customer interaction and demonstrative metrics.
• Directly impact the roadmaps for AWS products and services through voice-of-the-customer amplification and influence
• Develop and maintain impactful relationships with key industry personnel executives decision makers and policy makers
• Partner directly with AWS customers to help them understand the implementation of AWS security requirements
• Keep the AWS Global Services leadership team fully informed of customer engagement status issues and activities
• 8 years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development cloud computing systems engineering infrastructure security networking data & analytics) experience
• 3 years of design implementation or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience
• 10 years of IT development or implementation / consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
• 5 years of infrastructure architecture database architecture and networking experience
• Experience working with end user or developer communities
• Experience in the regulatory compliance domain

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Required Experience : Exec

Key Skills

CCTV,Customer Service,Communication skills,Computer Skills,ICD Coding,Military Experience,Law Enforcement,NIST Standards,Security,DoD Experience,RMF,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1