Cloud Security Assurance Lead

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Assurance is seeking a highly motivated assurance expert to lead and manage targeted campaigns that address complex compliance challenges across markets worldwide. You will drive improvements in internal compliance processes and help scale assurance programs to meet regulatory expectations for AWS services.

You will collaborate with multiple teams and regulators to ensure evidence, control design, and operational effectiveness are well-documented and

Responsibilities

• Regulatory Examination Delivery: Own end-to-end Domain Assurance delivery including planning, fieldwork, evidence collection, and reporting phases, ensuring all SLA targets are met.
• Evidence Strategy and Collection: Develop and execute evidence collection strategies across AWS service teams, coordinating with builder teams to source, classify, and deliver artifacts that satisfy regulatory and assessor requirements within established timelines.
• Regulatory Obligation Analysis: Analyze emerging and existing regulatory obligations to determine applicability, service team impact, and compliance posture for AWS services across multiple jurisdictions.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as a point of contact for external regulators during examinations, managing assessor request lists (ARLs), responding to follow-up inquiries, and driving requests to closure.
• Cross-functional Coordination: Coordinate with internal AWS teams to resolve request ambiguities, and ensure consistent regulatory messaging across engagements.
• Risk Identification and Escalation: Identify compliance gaps, data quality discrepancies, and delivery risks across active engagements; escalation issues with clear root cause analysis and recommended remediation actions to senior leadership.
• Regional and Jurisdictional Expertise: Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in one or more regulatory jurisdictions or frameworks.

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Assurance is seeking a highly motivated assurance expert to lead and manage targeted campaigns that address complex compliance challenges across markets worldwide. You will drive improvements in internal compliance processes and help scale assurance programs to meet regulatory expectations for AWS services.

You will collaborate with multiple teams and regulators to ensure evidence, control design, and operational effectiveness are well-documented and