AWSSecurityRiskSpecialist

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. The AWS Security Assurance team is responsible for demonstrating the security controls of services offered by AWS. At AWS' scale, we invent new ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our most security conscious customers. We are looking for a highly motivated risk specialist with either IT audit and/or risk assessment experience to join our team. As part of the team, you will be responsible for conducting risk assessments across our security controls product to ensure readiness of new tools with external compliance obligations. You will understand the key objectives and goals of customers, regulators, and third-party audit frameworks and understand AWS controls that strategically address these goals and objectives. Additionally, you will be responsible for assessing AWS’ operational processes around controls and be able to determine document risk governance processes. The successful candidate is one who loves learning about AWS’s internal security controls framework, learning about new AWS services, and enjoys working across many stakeholders and compliance frameworks. We have a team culture that encourages ownership, diversity, inclusion, and innovation. Our team members and management alike take a high degree of ownership for their program vision and execution of ideas. Our team members balance their unique perspective with those of the diverse perspectives of the team and its stakeholders. You will work directly with divisions within AWS service to improve AWS’ ability to demonstrate assurances for our internal and external customers while reducing risk. In this role, you will facilitate open and transparent relationships with AWS internal stakeholders and customers. We seek a risk professional who can understand core security design principles, learn about new AWS services and their IT processes, and be able to document risk management and governance processes related to these assessments