Cloud Security Assurance Specialist (Regulatory Compliance)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 131,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in New York, NY is seeking an assurance expert to lead targeted campaigns solving complex compliance challenges within the Security Assurance team.

You will manage end-to-end regulatory examinations, develop evidence strategies, and coordinate across service teams to meet timelines and regulatory expectations across AWS. The role requires strong IT security, risk, and policy analysis skills with stakeholder leadership and cross-functional impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Security or related field.
• 5+ years of compliance, risk management, or regulatory experience.
• 7+ years of program management experience.

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; escalated 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

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

IT security

Policy analysis

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Security or related field

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in New York, NY is seeking an assurance expert to lead targeted campaigns solving complex compliance challenges within the Security Assurance team.

You will manage end-to-end regulatory examinations, develop evidence strategies, and coordinate across service teams to meet timelines and regulatory expectations across AWS. The role requires strong IT security, risk, and policy analysis skills with stakeholder leadership and cross-functional impact.