Cloud Security Risk & Compliance Specialist

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS Security Assurance is seeking a highly motivated AWS Security Risk Specialist to conduct risk assessments across security controls and ensure readiness of tools with external compliance obligations. You will understand customer and regulator goals and map them to AWS controls.

You will document risk governance processes, articulate control implementations, and communicate risks to stakeholders while partnering with AWS service teams to demonstrate assurances to customers and regulators, with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in security, audits, customer trust, control assessments, and/or security controls.
• 2+ years of experience assessing complex technical processes.

Responsibilities

• Understand risk management and governance processes quickly and efficiently.
• Write, articulate, and develop security risk documentation.
• Review evidence needed to illustrate the key controls that exist across the AWS environment.
• Communicate to key stakeholders the operational processes around AWS security practices and how controls are implemented across the environment.
• Communicate to leadership key risks and areas of program improvement, as well as seek diverse opinions and coordinate improvement efforts.
• Fielding and addressing requests in collaboration with internal stakeholders across a security, risk, and compliance function at AWS.
• Dive deep into the AWS control environment to develop broad domain and technical understanding of AWS control activities and implementation.
• Bridge communication with key stakeholders and AWS technical communities to articulate control implementation.

Skills

Risk assessment

Risk governance

Security controls

Audits

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or related field

Job description

AWS Security Assurance is seeking a highly motivated AWS Security Risk Specialist to conduct risk assessments across security controls and ensure readiness of tools with external compliance obligations. You will understand customer and regulator goals and map them to AWS controls.

You will document risk governance processes, articulate control implementations, and communicate risks to stakeholders while partnering with AWS service teams to demonstrate assurances to customers and regulators, with