Principal, AWS Office of the CISO, AWS Security

Have you led a security business, or served as a CISO ready for Amazon scale? Do you shape security product strategy at the executive level? We are looking for a leader who has broad and deep knowledge of cloud computing, software architecture, and networking. You should understand how identity and access management, encryption, and related technologies shape security and compliance. Do you have solid experience understanding and influencing security-related technology decisions made by private and public sector customers? Are you able to analyze and influence product and service teams to ensure that they align with a strategy that ensures optimal security for cloud computing customers?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security seeks an experienced information security professional to augment the effectiveness of the AWS Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) as part of the AWS Office of the CISO. As a key member of the Office of the CISO, you will engage with both external customers and partners, as well as internal teams. A growing share of this work centers on securing AI and agentic workloads, which is now the most frequent theme in senior customer engagements.

The ideal candidate will possess a diverse background in information security management, solution architecture, and/or engineering. You will also bring deep knowledge of cloud computing, industry trends, and product development, along with strong business, organizational, and technical skills. This role requires a passion for customers and their missions, a strong ability to influence and guide, and a track record of innovation. You will also bring a desire to learn, genuine curiosity, and a high level of comfort navigating ambiguity while creating clarity as you move forward.

Key job responsibilities

• Engage external customers, partners, and internal teams to explain how the AWS cloud provides a secure and compliant platform for their workloads
• Influence customers forward on their secure journey to the cloud, keeping security-related requirements front-and-center in service team roadmaps
• Own the customer security experience end-to-end, serving as the customer-facing authority on the risks of operating in the cloud and carrying that signal back to the service teams who can raise the bar
• Go deep on an assigned security domain worldwide, holding senior counterpart relationships at CISO, board, and regulator altitude while carrying customer signal to service team leadership
• Advise customers and builders on securing AI and agentic workloads
• Scale and influence key decision-makers both externally and internally, while diving deep with a rich grasp of the details
• Apply generative and agentic AI to scale your own reach, holding yourself to the same secure practices you ask of the builders you advise
• Develop and deliver thought leadership content - including reference architectures, blog posts, keynotes, and presentations - and represent AWS at industry events to educate technical and business audiences on best practices and emerging patterns.
• Gather and synthesize customer feedback across use cases, partnering with product and engineering teams to influence product direction, close gaps in services, and anticipate future customer needs including GenAI integration and cloud security architecture.

A day in the life

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.