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Sr. Security Engineer, AWS Security Risk and Compliance Jobs in Austin, Texas, USA at AmazonWebServices
Title: Sr. Security Engineer, AWS Security Risk and Compliance
Company: AmazonWebServices
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Type: Per diem
Category: IT/Tech, Security
As a Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services, you’ll work hand-in-hand with some of the smartest specialists and engineers to create, maintain, and improve Services and solutions at massive scale, helping to improve the businesses (and lives) of millions of people around the world. Help us protect not only the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing environment but all of our customers as well!
AWS Security is positioned as an industry thought leader and innovator in security for a wide variety of platforms and technologies including cloud services, Internet of things (IoT), identity and access management, mobile devices, virtualization and custom hardware, all operating at massive scale. Similarly, our highly
collaborative team
is committed to each team member’s growth as our business grows.
AWS Security is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to
join our team
as we work to continuously evaluate and maintain our high security and compliance bar. In this highly visible role, you will be responsible for working with a team of technical and non-technical security, risk, and compliance professionals tackling the most
challenging
and emerging “big rocks” in security, risk management, and compliance.
Security is job zero at Amazon and equally important is maintaining our “Day 1” culture which allows us to keep innovating and delivering value for our customers. In this role you will be uniquely positioned to be a bridge between our builders, security, risk and compliance teams charting the best and most efficient ways to meet even the highest internal and externally driven security expectations.
As a
collaborative
partner, you will have the opportunity to learn from, and be mentored by, those who are building and securing our
innovative
and industry-leading services.
A Senior Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains and provide significant contributions to the AWS Security team and to multiple groups throughout Amazon. Security engineers are expected to develop elegant solutions to complex business problems and apply appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices. You are also expected to mentor more junior engineers and be a security thought leader for the organization.
A Senior Security Engineer must foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with discordant views. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of the AWS Security team’s work and constantly seek opportunities for
process improvement
. They should also have a deep understanding of at least one specialty for which they are a sought-out resource (both within AWS Security and by groups throughout Amazon), while having an understanding of the application of information security in a broad range of technical areas.
A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and
communication skills
, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include project and software development work. This role will provide
career growth opportunities
as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties.
Key job responsibilities
• Perform deep-dive technical risk assessments
• Secure architecture design
• Translate regulatory and compliance requi…
