Security Assurance Lead — Cloud Compliance Engagements

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated AWS Assurance Specialist to manage targeted campaigns addressing complex compliance challenges and to drive efficiency in security assurance processes across global markets.

You will lead engagement delivery across multiple control families and regulatory programs, coordinating with auditors and internal teams to raise the bar on assurance and automation.

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 commitment to 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 (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

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated AWS Assurance Specialist to manage targeted campaigns addressing complex compliance challenges and to drive efficiency in security assurance processes across global markets.

You will lead engagement delivery across multiple control families and regulatory programs, coordinating with auditors and internal teams to raise the bar on assurance and automation.