Security & Compliance Risk Architect

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Blink Security is seeking a highly motivated security risk & compliance specialist to drive regulatory compliance for our products. You will collaborate with Business, Privacy, Legal, HR, IT and Security teams to identify compliance needs and mature processes, design high-impact programs, and execute successful audits.

You should excel at translating complex security and privacy concepts to diverse stakeholders, driving process changes across multiple organizations and cloud environments,

Qualifications

• Experience in security or compliance consulting for a highly technical environment.
• 3+ years IT platform implementation in a technical and analytical role.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 5+ years of IT Security experience.
• 3+ years in performing and/or participating in technical assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (e.g. NIST, SOC 2, or ISO).

Responsibilities

• Understand and rationalize regulatory requirements for service and device security.
• Proactively assess, identify and develop recommendations regarding data protection, insider threat, data sharing, IAM, and third party risk issues.
• Engage with the Business and SMEs to ensure compliance to information security policies.
• Review security controls that are technical in nature, such as access controls and data encryption.
• Develop and maintain security risk metrics to promote transparency across the organization; measure and report on risks.
• Maintain control libraries and guidance materials for security standards and regulations.
• Provide business-specific interpretations and support automation opportunities.
• Liaise with auditors, articulate control implementation and impact, and apply security concepts to a cloud environment.

Skills

Security risk assessment

Compliance consulting

Auditing

Cloud security

Technical communication

Stakeholder management

Security controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Amazon Blink Security is seeking a highly motivated security risk & compliance specialist to drive regulatory compliance for our products. You will collaborate with Business, Privacy, Legal, HR, IT and Security teams to identify compliance needs and mature processes, design high-impact programs, and execute successful audits.

You should excel at translating complex security and privacy concepts to diverse stakeholders, driving process changes across multiple organizations and cloud environments,