Security Industry Specialist, AWS Security & Risk Compliance

At AWS, Security is priority zero. As part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security team, we are looking for a Security Industry Specialist who is passionate about how AWS identifies, evaluates, and resolves security compliance risk. As part of the Risk and Compliance Remediation (RCR) team within AWS Compliance Security Assurance, you"ll support compliance risk evaluations, contribute to remediation strategies, and help eliminate security compliance risks before they reach auditors, customers, or regulators.

This role requires proficiency in common security compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC, PCI, ISO, NIST) and audit standards, along with the ability to translate regulatory requirements into actionable risk mitigation steps. You"ll work across teams to support remediation priorities, contribute to risk acceptance processes, and provide compliance risk assessments to peers and managers.

Key job responsibilities

• Support risk evaluations of security compliance findings in partnership with audit program managers, leveraging existing mechanisms and frameworks to determine when to remediate, negotiate with auditors, or recommend risk acceptance
• Provide compliance risk assessments and status updates to peers and managers, clearly communicating risk posture and remediation progress
• Contribute to the maintenance and execution of the risk acceptance framework, documenting rationale, escalation thresholds, and tracking outcomes over time utilizing established processes
• Support theme analysis for compliance framework and process root causes, identifying patterns across recurring findings and contributing to interventions that address root causes across AWS services
• Participate in cross-team initiatives to resolve compliance gaps that generate repeated audit findings, working with Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers to synthesize technical, operational, and compliance perspectives
• Leverage your proficiency in common security compliance regimes to translate audit findings and regulatory obligations into actionable compliance requirements for AWS service teams
• Contribute to remediation method intelligence and help build repeatable playbooks for managing auditor expectations, maintaining structured records of management responses and mitigation outcomes
• Support triage systems and risk assessment frameworks that scale RCR"s advisory capabilities, contributing to metrics and reporting that provide leadership with compliance risk visibility
• Optimize cross-team processes for efficiency, identifying opportunities to improve how compliance risk evaluations and remediation activities are executed

About the team

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, hasnt followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, dont 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 Amazons 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, its 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

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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, theres nothing we cant achieve.