Sr. 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 an experienced Senior Security Industry Specialist who is passionate about transforming 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 serve as a strategic compliance risk advisor, providing opinionated risk evaluations and driving proactive remediation strategies that eliminate systemic security compliance risks before they reach auditors, customers, or regulators.

This role requires deep expertise in security compliance frameworks (SOC, PCI, ISO, NIST, FedRAMP), audit standards, and the ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable risk mitigation strategies. You"ll work across AWS organizations to influence remediation priorities, own risk acceptance frameworks, and advise senior leadership on compliance posture.

Key job responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Provide opinionated, defensible risk evaluations of security compliance findings in partnership with audit program managers, determining when to remediate, deflect, negotiate with auditors, or recommend risk acceptance
• Advise Directors and VPs on compliance risk posture, including how concerned leadership should be and how hard to push prioritization on remediation efforts
• Develop and maintain the risk acceptance framework, documenting rationale, escalation thresholds, and leadership communication for accepted risks, with structured tracking of outcomes over time
• Serve as theme owner for compliance framework and process root, identifying systemic patterns across recurring findings and driving interventions that eliminate root causes across AWS services simultaneously
• Lead cross-organizational initiatives to resolve endemic compliance gaps that generate repeated audit findings, working with Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers to synthesize technical, operational, and compliance perspectives into unified risk recommendations
• Develop deep understanding of highly regulated customer requirements across government, healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications sectors, translating audit findings and regulatory obligations into actionable compliance requirements for AWS service teams
• Track remediation method intelligence and build repeatable playbooks for successfully managing auditor expectations, maintaining structured records of management responses and mitigation outcomes to build institutional knowledge
• Contribute to triage systems and risk assessment frameworks that scale RCR"s advisory capabilities, developing metrics and reporting that provide leadership with forward-looking compliance risk visibility
• Mentor and contribute to the development of junior team members across the organization

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, 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

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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, there's nothing we can't achieve.