Amazon · 21 hours ago
Security Control Assessor, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance
Herndon, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$56K/yr - $97K/yr
1+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) prioritizes security, and the Compliance and Security Assurance team is tasked with ensuring regulatory and security standards are met. The Security Control Assessor will conduct control reviews and assessments, collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance and operational effectiveness.
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Responsibilities
Evaluating the control effectiveness and efficiency of services and features, recommending improvements to ensure they are audit ready at launch
Working with service teams to perform assessment and remediation work in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate
Communicating with your leadership the status and key deliverables of your initiatives, seeking diverse opinions
Bridging communication with technical engineering and business teams to successfully capture and implement business requirements
Diving 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
Transforming raw thoughts into clear technical documentation and/or direction while developing and maintaining success and operational metrics
Operating a quality rhythm of the business for managing compliance expectations
Leading one project or campaign to meet the evolving needs of our customers
Coordinating with Audit Program Managers
Suggesting uplift for evidence requirements
Working with internal and external auditors
Creating success and operational metrics
Developing status reporting
Working on process improvements
Coordinating with other security teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
Experience with IT compliance and risk management requirements (e.g. security, privacy, SOX, HIPAA etc.)
1+ years of experience in Control Assessments, Audit, or Federal Regulatory experience
Preferred
Bachelor's degree or above in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field
Experience using AWS services
Experience leveraging technology to drive process improvements
Experience performing security and privacy assessments and related remediation work
Knowledge of assessments, authorization and continuous monitoring of cloud services and products
Experience developing a security compliance strategy based on product roadmap
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
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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