Sr Security Assurance Specialist – Australia in Sydney

At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. The AWS Security Assurance team is responsible for demonstrating the security controls of services offered by AWS. Our team works closely with customers across industries and their auditors and regulatory agencies to understand the security shift from on-premise to the cloud, security of the cloud and customer capabilities in the cloud.

Our Assurance Specialists ensure that AWS can meet customers' audit, assurance and regulatory expectations. We are looking for an independent, passionate, and deeply experienced security audit specialist with expertise and experience in developing and implementing technology audit and assurance programs in Australia. You will be responsible for defining and developing an audit and assurance program for our customers in Australia, along with hiring and managing the team that will work in specific markets.

You have a strong foundation in audit principles, as well as a diverse technology, privacy and assurance background. You have led teams and delivered challenging and complex audit and assurance programs. We have a team culture that encourages ownership, diversity, inclusion, and innovation. We expect team members and management alike to take a high degree of ownership for their program, vision and execution.

This role, as part of the AWS Compliance & Security Assurance team in Australia, requires the ability to develop long-term projects and define processes and methods to ensure execution and productivity across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including customers and regulatory agencies.

Key job responsibilities:

• Serve as an expert to AWS, customers, auditors, and regulators on regional and domestic regulations on security, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, technology, outsourcing and operational resilience in the industry.
• Anticipate new or potential laws and regulations for potential impact to AWS and our customers and develop appropriate mitigation and implementation approaches.
• Develop and execute long-term security and compliance projects and initiatives, which may have broad scope and complexity, for AWS and AWS' regulated customers.
• Innovate to develop mechanisms that continuously improve the customer experience of security assurance.
• Perform compliance impact and market assessments of emerging compliance programs.
• Develop thought leadership material on cloud and emerging technologies for regulators, internal teams and customers.
• Tracking and reporting on changes to security controls and requirements standards across the region.
• Manage tight deadlines and drive for results, while being extremely detail orientated.
• Prepare project plans and track projects through fruition.
• Support metrics, implement data collections mechanisms, analyze data and make recommendations.

Successful applicant must hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance.

Basic qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in technology and security audit and assurance activities and security implementations within regulated industries or a provider of services to regulated industries.
• Experience delivering programs such as IRAP, DISP, SOC, ISO20000, ISMAP, ISO27001 etc.
• Australian Government NV2 Clearance or above.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, Engineering, Math, Statistics, or a related discipline, or equivalent technology experience.
• Experience with senior management and leadership responsibilities.

Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.