At Amazon Web Services (AWS), security is the top priority. Today, the AWS Partner Organization (APO) supports tens of thousands of consulting and technology partners who in turn serve AWS customers across virtually every industry, segment, and geography. As such we are constantly evolving our systems to support this vast network and are looking for a highly skilled & motivated Senior Data Security Technical Program Manager (TPM) to define and lead cross-organization security initiatives and solve security challenges within APO at scale. This is an exciting and highly visible role – you will directly influence the security postures for our APO products and services. You will regularly interact with world-class engineers and senior leadership.
If you enjoy enabling others while keeping them safe, discovering and addressing security issues, and quickly reacting to new security threats, this role will provide you with a challenging opportunity. You will lead information security, risk, compliance, technology and business process assessments, collaborate with AWS Security teams, APO business leadership and technical staff, AWS legal, audit and compliance teams identifying security gaps, vulnerabilities, and conducting security reviews across all elements of the AWS Partner Organization. The ideal candidate should possess a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in information security and exhibit a strong blend of soft skills for effective collaboration with business and engineering stakeholders, along with deep technical expertise to excel in this critical role.
Key job responsibilities
* Design, lead and enhance data security program that is part of the overall data governance initiative within AWS Partner Organization (APO).
* Extend and standardize existing data security processes across APO while continuously assessing and developing mechanisms and security controls required to ensure that our systems, data and solutions meet AWS Security Polices, compliance, legal and regulatory requirements
* Play an active role in enhancing and improving APO Data Governance Program, contributing into data management strategy, data security polices and standards, and implementation plans
* Help to define and implement data access policies, security controls, optimize data security related workflows, data access approvals and communication, standardize data definitions, and data classification.
* Automate processes and lead development efforts that enhance quality of the data security program
* Design and implementation of preventative and detective controls to ensue least privileged access and need-to-know security principles are strictly being followed and enforced
* Serve as the primary point of contact for questions and escalations related to the data security program.
A day in the life
As a Senior Data Security TPM, you will lead data security program that is part of the overall data governance initiative within AWS Partner Organization (APO). You will help to ensure our applications, services and systems are designed and implemented to the highest security standards, resilient to modern threats, compliant with rigorous global regulatory requirements and without sacrificing flexibility and speed needed to grow the business.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Sumner, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
– Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
– 5+ years of experience in systems and data security, information security, data protection, risk management, data classification, and access control
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
– 5+ years of experience in network, system, software and data security, data architecture, data design, data protection, access controls, implementation of organization-wide security programs, support, evaluation and implementation of security tools and services
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $119,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.