Security & Compliance Engineer I, AWS Security Assurance Services, LLC

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Assurance Services (SAS) is hiring an Associate Security & Compliance Engineer to build and operate security and compliance solutions for highly regulated customers.

You will implement security controls, write IaC, and develop runbooks while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver secure-by-design implementations aligned to SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS, NIST, FedRAMP.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience with web security and software engineering in internships or related work.

Responsibilities

• Implement custom security controls, enforcements, detections, and automated remediations.
• Contribute to IaC modules for Landing Zones, AWS Control Tower security baselines.
• Write Python and policy-as-code to extend preventive and detective controls.
• Participate in code, IaC, and design reviews; provide constructive feedback.
• Contribute to POCs on emerging technologies; implement components and document findings.
• Implement continuous compliance monitoring checks, evidence collection automations, and dashboards.
• Identify risks and mitigations during design and implementation stages of customer engagements.
• Apply risk trade-offs under guidance.
• Contribute to runbooks, tools, and security mechanisms used by the team.
• Participate in operational support; diagnose problems and escalate when blocked.
• Communicate security risk clearly to team and leadership.
• Solicit differing views and learn from peer feedback.
• Travel to customer sites as needed.

Skills

Web protocols

Security threats

Coding/scripting

IAM/Access control

Security best practices

Education

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

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Python

cfn-guard

OPA Rego

Cedar

Job description

As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real‑world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

Description

As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real‑world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use. AWS Security Assurance Services (SAS) is hiring an Associate Security & Compliance Engineer to help build and operate AWS security and compliance solutions for highly regulated customers. You will execute your team’s security processes, contribute to runbooks and tooling, write and review code and Infrastructure-as-Code, and help ship secure-by-design implementations aligned to compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS, NIST, FedRAMP). You’ll work on well‑defined security problems with regular checkpoints from your team, learn from peer review, and grow your skills in secure design, threat modeling, and AWS security engineering. You will be a reliable contributor on customer engagements and a strong security advocate within your team.

Key job responsibilities

• Implement custom security controls, enforcements, detections, and automated remediations
• Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code modules for Landing Zones, AWS Control Tower customizations, and security baselines using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Write Python and policy-as-code (cfn-guard, OPA Rego, Cedar) to extend preventive and detective controls.
• Participate in code, IaC, and design reviews; provide constructive feedback
• Contribute to POCs on emerging technologies; implement components, run experiments, and document findings so the team can build on the results.
• Implement continuous compliance monitoring checks, evidence collection automations, and reporting dashboards.
• Help identify, confirm and document risks and mitigations during design and implementation stages of customer engagements.
• Apply common risk trade-offs (e.g., tactical compensating controls vs. addressing root causes) under guidance.
• Contribute to runbooks, tools, and other security mechanisms used by the team and customers.
• Participate in operational support; help ensure root causes of operational and security issues are identified and resolved.
• Follow established procedures to diagnose problems, and elevate appropriately when blocked.
• Communicate security risk for low-complexity problems clearly in writing and verbally to your team and direct leadership.
• Solicit differing views and learn from peer feedback.
• Travel to customer sites as needed.

About The Team

The AWS Security Assurance Services team, within AWS Support, leverages the expertise and ingenuity of our builders to establish scalable security solutions for both internal and external customers that drive business outcomes. Our goal of securing the world’s workloads requires reliable delivery of bar-raising security outcomes and investment in security mechanisms and automation on behalf of our customers. AWS Security Assurance Services LLC, a PCI-QSAC and HITRUST External Assessor Firm, is a team of industry-certified assessors and Compliance Engineers with DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Architect backgrounds, helping our customers achieve, maintain, and automate compliance in the cloud by tying applicable audit standards to AWS service‑specific features and functionality. The SAS team works with our largest enterprise customers to operationalize the shared responsibility model as they migrate to the cloud. Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.

Why AWS

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Work/Life Balance

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Inclusive Team Culture

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Mentorship and Career Growth

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Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
• Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
• Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance
• Experience in web security, or experience demonstrating software engineering skills in a previous intership, work experience, coding competitions, or publications and experience in networking administration and troubleshooting
• 1+ years of cloud architecture and solution implementation experience, or US government security clearance of top secret or above
• Experience working effectively on milestone‑driven projects
• Experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating/implementing an escalation plan, or experience communicating results to senior leadership
• Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: access‑control system and methodology, network security, application‑and system‑development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security
• Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross‑functional teams
• Experience demonstrating software engineering skills in a previous internship, work experience, coding competitions, or publications, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
• 1+ years of cloud based solution (AWS or equivalent), system, network and operating system experience, or AWS Professional level certification
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as