Cloud Security Assurance Specialist

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an assurance expert to manage targeted campaigns, solve complex compliance challenges, and improve processes across the security assurance organization. You will align with regulators and customers while driving scalable controls and evidence delivery.

In this role you will own assurance engagements across third-party certifications, coordinate with auditors, and develop reusable artifacts to automate activities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Knowledge of AWS or cloud technologies.
• Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining deadlines, or experience with end-to-end project management.
• 4+ years of IT Security experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary owner of assurance engagement delivery - owning specific domains, control families, or full engagements - across third-party certifications (e.g., SOC, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, C5, IRAP), customer assurance programs, and regulatory examinations
• Drive and support engagement activities - including auditor negotiation, evidence delivery, and stakeholder coordination - with excellent project management skills
• Communicate with team leads on the status and key deliverables of team initiatives, seek diverse opinions and coordinate improvement efforts
• Field and address requests for team support in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Dive deep into the operations of AWS compliance programs to develop broad domain and technical understanding of regulatory and customer expectations to drive process improvement initiatives
• Independently assess and satisfy compliance requirements
• Develop reusable artifacts, propose automation opportunities, and contribute to organizational scalability

Skills

Compliance program management

IT Security

Project management

Cloud technologies knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS cloud technologies

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an assurance expert to manage targeted campaigns, solve complex compliance challenges, and improve processes across the security assurance organization. You will align with regulators and customers while driving scalable controls and evidence delivery.

In this role you will own assurance engagements across third-party certifications, coordinate with auditors, and develop reusable artifacts to automate activities.