Cloud Security Consultant, National Security Professional Services

Job summary
Are you passionate about creating innovative solutions that solve challenging National Security problems? Do you like helping customers envision new ways of securing a cloud infrastructure? Do you have ideas for new ways to experience security operations instead of traditional lecture and documented best practice?

Amazon Web Services is looking for a passionate and innovative technical security, risk, and compliance thinker to help the expansion of our National Security Professional Services team. This is a role for someone that is looking to change the way that AWS interacts with our customers. You’ll have the opportunity to create new security experiences and environments for our customers, covering topics including strategy and risk management, building and deploying security infrastructure, automating security operations, and beyond.

The ideal candidate should be a highly technical security professional who has the ability to take customers on a journey through securing their infrastructure. They will need to be able to develop highly scalable applications that adhere to cloud and security best practices.

**For additional information or to send your resume directly, please email Brandon Berlinrut at bmb@amazon.com**

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten 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.

We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

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.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. citizen, must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
In compliance with the U.S. government requirement that employees of its contractors, and employees who work on or in connection with U.S government contracts must receive the COVID-19 vaccine, this position may require that the candidate selected be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A person is considered fully vaccinated by completing the full regimen of the COVID-19 vaccine (two doses for Pfizer or Moderna and one dose for Johnson & Johnson).

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of design/implementation/consulting experience with Security, Compliance, and Risk Management
• 1+ years of experience with US Government compliance and security standards, including NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, ICD 503
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Associate or Professional or specialty certification or ability to get certified within three months of hire.
• Implementation experience with enterprise security solutions such as WAF, IPS, Anti-DDOS, and SIEM.
• Proficiency in the DevOps style of software deployment.
• Strong scripting skills, i.e., PowerShell, Python, Node.js, Javascript, Bash, Ruby, Perl, etc.
• Proficiency in driving a security focused software development lifecycle.
• Technical expertise (design and/or implementation) in Cloud Computing technologies.
• Ability to communicate complex topics to an audience with various functional knowledge.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with an ability to manage numerous, competing demands from internal and external stakeholders and Customers.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills and ability to lead effectively across organizations.
• Experience working with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM).
• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
• Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.

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Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.