Global VP of Threat Intelligence & Security Excellence

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Herndon, VA seeks a strategic Security Leader to build and direct a worldwide threat intelligence program. You will lead a team of Security Engineers, TPMs, and Intel Analysts, setting a roadmap and communicating threats to executives and partners.

The role requires deep experience at scale, a track record delivering high-quality security solutions, and the ability to own programs across Amazon's infrastructure, platforms, and customer services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field or commensurate work history.
• 15+ years of industry experience of increasing responsibility leading teams, driving technology, threat intelligence processes, methodologies, and tools.
• 15+ years of industry experience with threat intelligence methods, standards, processes, and industry standard intelligence lifecycle approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Security Engineers, Technical Program Managers, and Intel Analysts, providing strategic direction and tactical oversight.
• Maintain a prioritized roadmap to address gaps and improve practices.
• Communicate threats to leadership, customers, and partners in a consistent voice and format.
• Coordinate with service owners to assess threats and align controls across platforms, evaluate security incidents to identify patterns including the tactics, techniques, and procedures, and use the data to predict threat trends.
• Establish and enforce terminology, reporting requirements, and automation to ensure consistent analysis.
• Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple groups as part of the organization’s security effort.
• Communicate project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner.
• Negotiate and develop remediation plans for large-scale issues across multiple business organizations.
• Coordinate with partner security teams to build tracking and reporting capabilities to drive down risks.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Security leadership

Big data analytics

Security operations

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related field

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Herndon, VA seeks a strategic Security Leader to build and direct a worldwide threat intelligence program. You will lead a team of Security Engineers, TPMs, and Intel Analysts, setting a roadmap and communicating threats to executives and partners.

The role requires deep experience at scale, a track record delivering high-quality security solutions, and the ability to own programs across Amazon's infrastructure, platforms, and customer services.