Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 1 day ago
Security Control Assessor, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance
Arlington, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry Level
$56K/yr - $97K/yr
1+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) prioritizes security and is seeking a Security Control Assessor to join their Compliance and Security Assurance team. The role involves performing control reviews related to compliance frameworks and ensuring services are audit ready at launch, while also facilitating internal compliance processes and communicating effectively across teams.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
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 Web Services (AWS)
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
10001+ employees
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Chief Executive Officer
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