Principal Security Solutions Architect , AWS Financial Services

Amazon Inc.

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 183,000 - 247,000

Full time

26 hours ago

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Principal Security Solutions Architect for Financial Services to guide security, risk, and compliance initiatives with top customers. You will build executive relationships, develop security roadmaps, and drive secure cloud adoption for large financial institutions.

You will craft technical content, mentor teams, and lead security discussions across stakeholders, auditors, and policy owners, shaping end-to-end security solutions in a complex cloud

Qualifications

10+ years in security/tech domains (e.g., software, cloud, infra)
Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or equivalent
Experience communicating to technical and non-technical audiences incl. C-level
Developing security solutions and roadmaps for cloud transformations
Communicating security concepts to executive audiences
Distributed systems knowledge
Automation & workflow management knowledge
Strong presentations/whiteboarding with executives and IT leaders
Architecting/migrating to cloud for customer requirements
Experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, cryptography, system/network security
Experience in application security architecture and security testing

Responsibilities

Help customers address security, risk and compliance questions in Financial Services
Participate in architecture discussions for risk and security concerns
Educate auditors on third-party supplier arrangements and audits in scope
Build executive relationships with CIO/CISO/CRO and policy owners
Develop high-quality technical content (white papers, reference architectures) for secure cloud deployments
Assess security knowledge across AWS teams and address gaps

Skills

Security architecture

Executive communication

Cloud security

Secure IT transformations

C-level communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Principal Security Solutions Architect , AWS Financial Services

Are you passionate about the impact of cloud computing and AI on Financial Services, with a special focus on security? Do you have a unique combination of broad and deep security knowledge, coupled with business acumen and strong interpersonal skills?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a specialized Security Solutions Architect to work with our largest Financial Services customers. In this vital role, you will help customers achieve their business goals on AWS by identifying and tackling major security, risk, and compliance questions from stakeholders within financial institutions, and by building and maintaining CIO/CISO/CRO and executive-level relationships with policy approvers and owners. You will work directly with customer security, audit, risk and compliance teams to help them understand how to confidently utilize AWS, identify risk and design controls, setup ongoing assurance, and establish automated compliance.

Key job responsibilities

Help overcome barriers to AWS adoption in Financial Services accounts by identifying and tackling major security, risk and compliance questions from stakeholders within financial institutions.
Participate in architecture discussions to work through risk, security, and compliance concerns.
Work with customer stakeholders to identify controls, as well as educating auditors and examiners by helping them understand how to assess third-party supplier arrangements and conduct audits when AWS is in scope.
Build and maintain executive-level relationships with CIO/CISO/CRO and policy approvers and owners.
Develop high-quality technical content, such as white papers and reference architectures, that can be used by our customers to assist them in deploying secure and compliant cloud-based solutions.
Assess security and controls knowledge across AWS sales and solutions architecture teams and develop plans to address gaps.

About the team

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

The AWS Industries team is committed to helping industry customers enable their digital transformation journeys. Our primary goal is to meet customers where they are in their cloud journey and work backwards from their industry specific needs to transform their business and their entire industry. Our team speaks the language of our industry customers, which means that we focus on business outcomes and industry use cases on behalf of our customers, whether that is how we build products and solutions, how we sell, how we deliver, or how we partner.

Qualifications

10+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops, publications
Experience developing technology security solutions and evangelizing end-to-end technology security roadmaps that guide secure IT transformations toward cloud computing
Proven experience communicating security concepts to executive audiences
Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
Experience in application security architecture, security code reviews, security testing, incident response, or security infrastructure

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

Qualifications Appréciées

Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation or equivalent
Knowledge of large scale automation and workflow management or equivalent
Knowledge of presentations and whiteboarding skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with internal and external executives, IT management, and developers
Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud
Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
Experience in application security architecture, security code reviews, security testing, incident response, or security infrastructure

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.