Technical Program Manager - AWS Security

Company: Amazon
Location: Portland
Posted on: May 24, 2020

Job Description:

Are you interested in driving exceptional security for customers? Do you have a passion for cutting edge technologies? Do you see compliance as a business enabler? Amazon Web Services (AWS) business is rapidly expanding its global presence and we are looking for a highly motivated security Assurance Program Manager to help lead our Security Assurance Engineering and Architecture Readiness team. As part of the AWS Security Assurance team, this role will build the bridges between security, technology and compliance by working directly with our AWS service teams, infrastructure teams, security teams, and related Amazon corporate teams. This candidate should be a technically experienced and an innovative security/compliance professional who has the ability to dive deep into a variety of complex architectures, understand IT processes, and map product offerings to existing and emerging compliance standards. The role will help drive and scale the engineering and architecture readiness program through innovative process changes across multiple organizations and teams.Key ResponsibilitiesThis position will be responsible for:-- Evaluating business processes to align AWS services to AWS controls and compliance programs-- Developing process documentation and managing changes to business processes-- Performing service impact assessments of existing and emerging compliance programs-- Supporting process improvement and control implementation projects in coordination with the service teams-- Managing communications to service teams and stakeholders of compliance program requirements and service impact-- Managing the readiness efforts of services for audit and/or certification-- Liaising between AWS Security Assurance program and AWS Service teams and managing stakeholder relationships-- Developing a working knowledge of the operational processes and controls in place that support the AWS Security Assurance program, including commercial and regulatory compliance programs, and guiding control owners in documenting their control activities-- Assist stakeholders with aligning: standard operating procedures,controls, monitoring, and reporting with the goal of improving operations, compliance policies, and risk management effectiveness-- Innovation of mechanisms to better meet business processes and compliance requirements.Basic Qualifications--Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, Mathematics or other related fields.--5+ years of experience in project/program management in a technical field--5+ years of experience in security or compliance consulting or advisory work in support of a highly technical environment.--5+ years of experience in performing and/or participating in technical assessments of complex IT architecture--5+ years of experience developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships across large organizations.Preferred Qualifications-- 5+ years of experience in performing and/or participating in technical assessments in direct support of a major compliance effort (SOC, PCI, HIPAA, FedRAMP, IRAP, or ISO Certification)-- An in-depth understanding of cloud computing services/deployment architecture.-- Experience in performing technical security assessments and audits of network, operating systems, application security, and auditing IT processes.-- A record of delivery of large IT process improvement projects with technology processes and/or major tech companies.-- Experience defining certification roadmaps based on customer requirements, compliance documentation, and ensuring that committed assessments are delivered on schedule.-- Experience in working directly with auditors/regulators in support of compliance audits for PCI, SOC, FedRAMP, ISO and other compliance regimes.-- A strong understanding of software development lifecycles and modern transaction processing environments.-- Experience with Governance, Risk, and Compliance tools and technology.-- Familiarity with enterprise productivity tools, such as SharePoint, Remedy trouble ticketing systems, etc.-- Hands-on experience working successfully in a very fast-paced, rapidly evolving, results-oriented environment.-- Strong bias for action with ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.-- Meets/exceeds Amazons leadership principles requirements for this role-- Meets/exceeds Amazons functional/technical depth and complexity for this rolePlease email Fabian Valencia (favalenc@amazon.com) for more information.Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.Amazon Web Services: http://aws.amazon.com/#SecurityAssurance

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