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Original Job Post

Amazon · 2 days ago

Security Specialist III, Third Party Security

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$107K/yr - $230K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Acting as subject matter expert on risk-based security reviews and assessments of third party vendors

Conducting peer reviews and sample testing to maintain a high-bar of quality for risk assessments

Ensuring the risk assessment framework is up to date on the latest industry controls and applicable threats

Coordinating contractors, employees, and vendors in conducting assessments, testing controls, and implementing remediation

Collecting/reviewing data from multiple sources to assess a third party's security

Building, evolving, and improving sustainable processes and measurement systems to ensure that security policy requirements are maintained

Preparing reports for senior management on the state of vendor compliance

Reviewing exceptions to Amazon policy and determining risk and impact

Serving as an advisor on security & compliance issues for operations staff

Maintaining a broad understanding of the global regulatory landscape impacting Amazon

Advising project and legal teams on ensuring the required security terms are in contracts and participate in contract negotiations with sensitive external partners at a global level

Determining strategy for highly sensitive and/or high profile assessments

Ensuring the team delivers on security goals, and make recommendations for incremental process improvement

Occasional travel may be required

Qualification

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Technical Risk AssessmentSecurity DomainsRemediationGeographically Distributed WorkSecurity FundamentalsTestingRisk ManagementLeadershipVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationProblem SolvingTeamworkCISSPCISAInformation Security CertificationAutomationProblem-Solving

Required

8+ years of technical risk assessment experience

Experience running complex assessments across multiple security domains, creating findings, and reviewing remediation items

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, or related discipline, or additional equivalent technology experience

Excellent leadership, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work well on a largely geographically distributed.

Experience working in a technical role with a solid grasp of security fundamentals, testing, and risk management.

Preferred

CISSP, CISA, or related Information Security certification

Consistent demonstration of utilizing automation to solve recurring problems at scale

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Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a global tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Founded in 1994

Seattle, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://amazon.com

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