In this role, you will:
* Partner with control owners and engineering teams to clearly document how their controls are designed, implemented and evidenced, so internal stakeholders and audit-facing teams understand what each control does and how well it works.*
* Assess the overall shape of your control areas: find gaps, overlaps and conflicts, and make sure controls work together and give appropriate coverage.
* Dive deep into the technical mechanisms behind each control, such as build and deployment pipelines, code review, security testing and resilience mechanisms, to confirm that control descriptions reflect how systems actually work.
* Translate security, regulatory and framework requirements into actionable, testable technical controls in partnership with service teams.
* Build a deep understanding of how AWS services are developed, deployed and operated, and how those practices map to our internal control framework and assessment processes.
* Evaluate the risk profile of emerging AI platforms and capabilities, including AI-assisted development, and reflect those risks in control design and assessment processes.
* Support service, feature and control assessments for customer, regulatory and audit requirements, and give audit-facing teams the technical context they need on control design and intent.
* Identify high-risk areas and work with control owners and service teams to drive remediation and process improvement.
* Help design and deliver tooling and automation that simplifies control documentation, evidence collection and compliance reporting.
* Communicate program status, risks and outcomes to engineering teams and leadership.
A day in the life
* Dive deep into the AWS control environment to understand how controls are implemented, and explain their compliance implications to internal stakeholders and audit-facing teams.
* Set direction for your control areas, improve documentation, track progress, coordinate improvement efforts, and measure whether those improvements are working.
* Build broad domain and technical knowledge of AWS security, including the operational processes and controls that support AWS compliance programs.
* Act as a trusted advisor, facilitator and creative problem solver for control owners and stakeholders.
* Develop and share frameworks, tools and best practices that teams across the organization can adopt.
* Help the teams that work with auditors by explaining how controls are implemented and what they cover, and by applying security, privacy and compliance concepts to a technical cloud environment.
* Communicate program results, including assessment status, workflow, remediation and reporting, to a broad audience that includes peers and senior leaders.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of experience in security, audits, customer trust, control assessments, or risk assessments.
- 3+ years of experience assessing complex technical processes
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Accounting/Auditing, or other related fields or equivalent practical experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with audit or risk program design, control environment process documentation, and control mapping
- Experience with monitoring and automating security controls.
- Experience in third-party and/or internal audit examinations.
- Demonstrates high judgement and risk decision making abilities.
- Have experience in performing technical assessments and documentation of network, operating systems, application security, as well as auditing IT processes, including working knowledge of key controls across a number of industry best practices.
- Experience understanding the risk profile of emerging AI technologies.
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, VA, Herndon - 102,000.00 - 178,400.00 USD annually
