Security Assessor, Amazon Privacy Services

Amazon • Austin, TX

2d • $55,600 - $97,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Security is looking for a risk specialist focused on driving information security compliance in Healthcare and Payments systems. This role will conduct deep dives into critical risk areas. You will be responsible for driving consensus across teams to define and influence the secure and compliant design of systems worldwide.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or management information systems
• Knowledge of security technology and concepts (Authentication, Authorization, Single sign-on, Cryptography, etc.)
• 2+ years of relevant industry experience including information security assurance, data privacy and compliance (preferably in payments and healthcare domains).
• 2+ years of information security governance, audit, risk management or related client service or consulting experience.
• Experience in risk management, business risk analysis and making complex business/risk trade-off recommendations and decisions.

Nice To Haves

• CISSP, CISA, CISM or other security certification
• Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services
• Experience in problem solving and delivering results
• Knowledge of AWS services
• Related security control and compliance experience in various frameworks including: HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI DSS, GLBA, ISO, NIST, etc.
• Demonstrated leadership, teamwork and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Understands and rationalizes compliance requirements in the healthcare and payments domains. Provides business specific interpretations and supports automation opportunities while working with DevOps teams.
• Establishes credibility and maintains good working relationships with groups involved with payment security and compliance matters (InfoSec, Legal, Business Development, Internal Audit, Fraud, Physical Security, Developer Community, Networking, Systems, etc.).
• Collaborate with Compliance Specialists and business/service teams to understand and validate assessment scope.
• Review security controls that are technical in nature, such as access controls, data encryption in transit and at rest, and auditing and logging user activity.
• Responsible for building and influencing security as a core competency throughout our relationships with internal teams/partners/vendor; this includes providing education and training to the organization.
• Delivers recommendations and risk interpretations in a clear, concise and audience-specific format
• Engages with the Business and SMEs to ensure compliance to information security policies
• Supports ad-hoc data analysis requests
• Analysis of historical data to identify trends and insights
• Leads the creation, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of security Policies and Standards

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level