Principal Security Solutions Architect, Fin Serv, GFS Partner Sales

Job summary
Are you passionate about the impact of cloud computing on Financial Services, with a special focus on security? Do you have a unique combination of broad and deep security knowledge, coupled with business acumen and strong interpersonal skills?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a specialized Security Partner Solutions Architect to work with our largest Financial Services customers. In this vital role, you will help overcome barriers to AWS adoption by identifying and tackling major security, risk, and compliance questions from stakeholders within financial institutions, as well as build and maintain executive-level relationships with policy approvers and owners. You will work directly with customer security, audit, risk and compliance teams to help them understand how to confidently establish cybersecurity controls utilizing key security partners and AWS services.



Key job responsibilities
Work with the largest banks and insurance companies to help them innovate on AWS using Security and DevOps software partners.

A day in the life



About the team
We are a global team of unblockers, demystifying the technical challenges of cloud adoption, and bringing deep technical experience with industry-critical software solutions and consulting services to help the largest banks and insurers innovate in the cloud.


Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.

Basic Qualifications

· 10+ years of experience in an information security, risk, audit or compliance role
· Strong technical experience, and solid understanding of topics including encryption, key management, network security, identity and access management, and data management
· Experience mapping security controls to the specific regulatory obligations of financial services customers
· Experience working in Financial Services organizations; implementing solutions in a regulated environment and knowledge supporting Financial Services related applications
· Excellent presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, IT management, and developers.

Preferred Qualifications

· Advanced degree in computer science, MIS, engineering or related discipline
· Experience performing security reviews for mission critical financial services applications
· Experience as an auditor or risk advisor to Financial Services firms
· Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services
· Application development experience with working knowledge of software development tools and methodologies
· Ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations and virtual teams.
· Experience in public speaking to large audiences
· History of successfully navigating complex relationships and work in a team environment
· Knowledge and practice of a modern programming language (Python, JavaScript, Go, .Net, Java, etc.) and/or scripting, infrastructure as code etc


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