Amazon

Principal Security Sales Rep

Amazon$187K — $252K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience with strong quota attainment track record
  • 7+ years of experience selling cybersecurity solutions to large enterprises
  • Expertise in AI security, application security, incident response, and cloud security
  • Proven ability to generate pipeline through outbound prospecting and account planning
  • Experience navigating complex sales cycles in Fortune 500 accounts
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify, generate, and develop new security opportunities
  • Execute targeted sales plays for both greenfield and brownfield scenarios
  • Drive competitive displacement against incumbent security providers
  • Build trusted relationships with CISOs and security buying centers
  • Engage on board-level security concerns and articulate AWS as a strategic partner
  • Collaborate with Account Managers on security origination and strategy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance package including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program and mental health support
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
Full Job Description
AWS North America is building a dedicated Security Sales team to proactively drive first-party and third-party Security Services revenue growth across our customer base. As a Security Seller, you will serve as the primary seller for AWS Security opportunities driving executive-level CISO relationships as well as identifying AI Security demand across the SDLC, owning the end-to-end security pipeline within your territory. This is not an overlay role; you will originate, develop, and drive security deals from identification through close. You will own the security strategy, pipeline and revenue, while core account managers will own account orchestration and non-security execution.

Key job responsibilities
• Pipeline Development
• Proactively identify, generate, and own new security opportunities across assigned North America territories; this is a hunter role, not reactive support • Execute targeted sales plays across greenfield scenarios (e.g., customers architecting security for new AI applications on Bedrock) and brownfield scenarios (e.g., consolidation and cost optimization)
• Drive competitive displacement against incumbent security providers (e.g. Microsoft) leveraging AWS Security Hub momentum and the broader AWS security portfolio CISO Engagement
• Build and maintain independent, trusted relationships with CISOs and security buying centers
• Engage on board-level security concerns, including risk reduction, regulatory compliance, SOC productivity, total cost of ownership, and business continuity in complex cloud environments
• Position AWS as the strategic security platform partner, articulating how multiple AWS security services deliver centralized visibility, consistent policy enforcement, and streamlined operations Security Strategy

A day in the life
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of the AWS Security portfolio spanning Threat Detection, Data Protection, Governance, and Network and Application Protection
• Articulate competitive advantage over third-party security alternatives and position AWS-native security as a consolidation and cost-optimization Team Collaboration
• Collaborate with AMs, in a dual-coverage model where you lead security origination and strategy and the AMs lead account-level orchestration and commercial execution

About the team
• Product momentum: Security Hub's launch at re:Invent 2025 has created immediate competitive displacement opportunities and strong customer demand
• Strategic impact: By addressing security early and confidently, you remove blockers to broader workload migration, creating a multiplier effect that benefits the entire account team
• Be a Pioneer. You will be part of a pioneering team transforming how AWS engages the security buying center, shifting from a reactive support model to a proactive, quota-carrying hunter motion.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in AI security, application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing

- 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, with a strong track record of quota attainment

- 7+ years of experience selling cybersecurity solutions, platforms, or services to large enterprise customers

- Proven ability to independently generate pipeline through outbound prospecting, whitespace analysis, and strategic account planning

- Experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles in Fortune 500 / Global 2000 accounts

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Deep knowledge of the cloud security landscape, including CSPM, CNAPP, SIEM/SOAR, identity management, data protection, and network security

- Experience with competitive displacement selling against established security vendors (e.g. Microsoft)

- Familiarity with AWS Security services and the broader AWS ecosystem

- Experience selling into regulated industries (e.g., Financial Services and Healthcare) where security and compliance are critical buying criteria

- Understanding of AI/ML security requirements and emerging security needs for generative AI workloads

- Track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar annual quotas in security or infrastructure software sales

- Relevant security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security) are a plus

- MBA or advanced degree is a plus

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and sales incentives. 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, CA, San Francisco - 187,000.00 - 252,900.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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