AWS Assurance Specialist, AWS Security Assurance

Amazon • Herndon, VA

17h • $74,200 - $142,800 • Remote

About The Position

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 must invent new ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our most regulatory conscious customers. We are looking for a highly motivated assurance expert to join our team. As part of the team, you will manage targeted campaigns to solve complex compliance challenges, improve processes, and drive greater efficiencies across the security assurance organization. This role facilitates our ability to grow and scale our internal compliance processes to meet the compliance and regulatory expectations in markets and industries around the globe. You should be an experienced and industry professional who has the ability to understand IT and compliance processes, evaluate opportunities for improvement, and to be able to drive innovative campaigns through multiple organizations and teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years of compliance program management, legal, governance, audit, risk/loss prevention, or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Knowledge of AWS or cloud technologies
• Experience prioritizing and handling multiple assignments at any given time while maintaining commitment to deadlines, or experience with end-to-end project management
• 4+ years of IT Security experience

Nice To Haves

• CISSP, CISA, CISM or other security certification
• Experience with AWS or cloud technologies
• 6+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary owner of assurance engagement delivery — owning specific domains, control families, or full engagements — across third-party certifications (e.g., SOC, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, C5, IRAP), customer assurance programs, and regulatory examinations
• Drive and support engagement activities — including auditor negotiation, evidence delivery, and stakeholder coordination — with excellent project management skills
• Communicate with team leads on the status and key deliverables of team initiatives, seek diverse opinions and coordinate improvement efforts
• Field and address requests for team support in collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Dive deep into the operations of AWS compliance programs to develop broad domain and technical understanding of regulatory and customer expectations to drive process improvement initiatives
• Independently assess and satisfy compliance requirements
• Develop reusable artifacts, propose automation opportunities, and contribute to organizational scalability
• Lead assurance engagements articulating AWS security control design and operational effectiveness to diverse stakeholders across third-party, customer, and regulatory programs spanning multiple regions and regulatory environments
• Make diligent decisions on regulatory and auditor engagement approaches with minimal oversight, iterating on mechanisms to scale for diverse customer requirements
• Analyze compliance impact of new regulations and customer requirements, developing strategies across-functional teams
• Support delivery of presentations and technical documentation to regulatory bodies, customers, and internal leadership to drive alignment on security compliance strategies
• Define business problems, set objectives, and influence resource allocation to drive security assurance improvements and operational excellence
• Independently research, understand AWS services and control-relevant architecture

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree