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

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Houston (TX); On-site; USD 159,300 - 202,400; Full time

Job summary

AWS Security Assurance Services LLC seeks a Security & Compliance Engineer to design, build, and deploy security and compliance solutions for highly regulated customers. You will own engineering deliverables across the full lifecycle—secure design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance—translating frameworks into secure AWS implementations.

You will write code, review IaC, run security investigations, mentor engineers, and drive risk reduction at scale across Landing Zones and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar OO language experience.
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language.
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or experience in IT Security.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP networking.
• Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• 3+ years of security engineering with full lifecycle delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to write and review code, scripts, IaC and detections.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor peers and provide review feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead threat modeling, security design reviews, and architecture reviews for customer engagements.
• Design and implement custom preventive, detective, and proactive controls and policy-as-code.
• Build secure-by-design IaC controls for Landing Zones and AI/ML workloads.
• Apply AWS security best practices for authentication, authorization, data handling, and encryption.
• Write and review IaC, scripts, enforcements and detections in Python, Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, and Rego.
• Build continuous compliance monitoring, evidence collection, visualization, and remediation pipelines.
• Integrate custom controls with AWS-native and third-party tooling.
• Prototype end-to-end security and compliance solutions for new products.
• Identify risks and edge cases; propose implementation paths and gates.
• Mentor peers and drive design feedback across teams.
• Travel to customer sites as needed.

Skills

Python

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Code review

Networking

AWS & IaC

Policy as code

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Job description

AWS Security Assurance Services (SAS) is hiring a Security & Compliance Engineer to design, build, and deploy AWS security and compliance solutions for highly regulated customers. You will own engineering deliverables across the full lifecycle — secure design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance — translating compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, CIS, NIST, FedRAMP) into secure-by-design AWS implementations. You will work autonomously within your team, deliver cross-functional projects with partner teams, and drive measurable risk reduction for customers at scale.

You’ll write code, ship custom controls, run security investigations, lead design and code reviews on your team, and mentor junior engineers. You will identify systemic issues, propose pragmatic solutions, and improve the team’s mechanisms over time.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead threat modeling, security design reviews, and architecture reviews for customer engagements; identify and mitigate risks across systems and applications.
• Design and implement custom preventive, detective, and proactive controls — Service Control Policies (SCPs), Resource Control Policies (RCPs), policy-as-code (cfn-guard, OPA Rego, Cedar), and automated remediation workflows.
• Build secure-by-design Infrastructure-as-Code controls for Landing Zones, AWS Control Tower customizations, Zero-Trust architectures, and AI/ML workloads.
• Apply AWS security best practices for authentication and authorization, data handling, least privilege, encryption, micro-segmentation, tagging strategy, and API/MCP integration.
• Write and review IaC, scripts, enforcements and detections in Python, Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and Rego.
• Build continuous compliance monitoring, automated evidence collection, visualization, reporting, and remediation pipelines that hold up in audit.
• Integrate custom controls with AWS-native and third-party security and compliance tooling.
• Drive emerging-edge ideas into prototyping end-to-end to inform new security and compliance solutions and products.
• Identify risks and edge cases; propose implementation paths and go/no-go gates.
• Apply systematic approaches to risk identification; propose compensating controls when direct remediation isn’t possible.
• Help develop technical content
• Identify cross-team patterns, gaps, improvements.
• 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.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience in IT Security
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
• 3+ years of security engineering or related security experience; Demonstrated ability to deliver security solutions independently within a team scope, handling the full development lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to write and review code, scripts, IaC, and detections in support of security defenses.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor peers, drive consensus on conflicting design or implementation feedback, and provide meaningful review feedback.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
• Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing
• Experience with compliance & security standards including PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and NIST
• Familiarity with AWS core services and at least one Infrastructure-as-Code tool (Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation).
• Exposure to policy-as-code tools (cfn-guard, OPA Rego, Cedar, or equivalent).
• Internships, projects, or coursework in cloud security, application security, or compliance automation.
• Familiarity with multi-account AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies.
• Industry or AWS certifications: AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent (or willingness to earn within the first year).

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.

USA, TN, Nashville - 137,600.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Austin - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Dallas - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

USA, TX, Houston - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

Company - AWS Security Assurance Services LLC

Job ID: A10468111