AWS Security Assurance Services LLC

Technology

SeniorSecurity&ComplianceEngineer

$178–227k Austin, Texas, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Security & Compliance Engineer at AWS Security Assurance Services LLC. Skills: Cloud security, Compliance, Security engineering. Design and implement security controls. Develop and maintain security policies”

What You'll Achieve.

Maintain security posture; Reduce security risks; Ensure compliance

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Incident investigation; Security troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 5+ years of experience in security engineering, Experience with cloud security, Experience with compliance frameworks, Experience with security tools

Nice to Have

Master's degree in a related field, Experience with AWS security services, Experience with compliance audits, Experience with incident response

What You'll Do.

Design and implement security controls

Develop and maintain security policies

Conduct security assessments

Respond to security incidents

Automate security processes

Collaborate with engineering teams

Stay current with security threats

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering teams; Security operations; Compliance teams

Communication Scope

Technical documentation; Security reports

Full Job Description

AWS Security Assurance Services (SAS) is hiring a Senior Security & Compliance Engineer to innovate on behalf of customers and lead prototyping and development of the security and compliance solutions. The right candidate will own security risk identification, mitigation, and engineering outcomes that span beyond a single team: designing controls, writing code, leading reviews, automating remediations, and translating compliance frameworks into secure-by-default implementations on AWS. They will lead design, deployment, and implementation of complex AWS security and compliance solutions that accomplish defined business and security outcomes, solving for new levels of scale, complexity, and performance. Key job responsibilities Engineer AI-enabled automations, lead threat modeling, security design reviews, architecture reviews & security assessments Own design and architecture choices for security and compliance automation solutions for regulated customers and influence partner-org designs. Build secure-by-default IaC modules for Landing Zones, Control Tower customizations, Zero-Trust architectures, and AI/ML workloads. Lead the design, deployment, and implementation of AWS security controls, continuous compliance monitoring, technical control validation, visualization and reporting, automated evidence collection and remediation of insecure configurations at scale. Architect custom preventive, detective, and proactive controls, e.g. service-Control- policies, Resource-Control Policies (SCPs and RCPs), policy-as-code (cfn-guard, OPA Rego, Cedar), and automated remediation workflows. Set the bar for authentication and authorization, data handling, least privilege, encryption, micro-segmentation, tagging strategy, integrations via API and MCP, and secure AI agentic design. Write and review architecture, code, scripts, IaC, including Python, Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, REGO). Lead alignment, resolve escalations, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis to closure

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