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Amazon - Austin, TX
posted about 2 months ago
About the position
The Senior Security Solutions Architect (Threat Detection & Incident Response) at AWS is responsible for helping customers transition their workloads to the cloud by addressing their specific security needs. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and strong interpersonal skills to design and implement scalable threat detection and incident response solutions. The ideal candidate will work closely with various stakeholders, including customers and internal teams, to promote best practices in cloud security and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Independently contribute to teams that include Amazonians, partners, and customers to design and build threat detection and incident response capabilities.
- Design and build solutions to automate security, risk, and compliance on AWS.
- Develop high-quality technical artifacts, such as automation tools, reference architectures, and white papers to help our customers, partners, solution architects, and consultants build secure solutions.
- Work with AWS customers to convey cloud computing security, risk, and compliance best practices.
- Work with other teams within AWS to influence and drive adoption of security, risk, and compliance products.
- Provide mentorship across AWS sales and solutions architecture teams regarding security to build skills in the field.
- Represent AWS at trade events by delivering security presentations and workshops.
Requirements
- 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience.
- 4+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience.
- BS degree in computer science, MIS, computer engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients.
- Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud.
- Experience in a customer-facing, sales-aligned role such as consultant, solutions engineer or solutions architect.
- An advanced degree in computer science, MIS, engineering or related discipline, and relevant industry certifications (CISSP, CISA/M, CCSP) or equivalent experience.
- Hands-on technical expertise in building scripts, tools, or methodologies that enhance customers' threat detection and incident response capabilities.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance coverage
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Flexible work hours
- Employee discounts
- Paid time off and holidays
- Career development and mentorship programs
