Sr Security Assurance Specialist Australia, AWS Security Assurance

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. At our scale, we invent new ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our most security conscious customers. 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. At our scale, we are committed to inventing recent ways to provide the highest level of assurance to our most security conscious customers. 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. We expect this person to balance their unique perspective with those of the diverse perspectives of the team and its stakeholders.



You will have an opportunity to work directly with most divisions across AWS as we build the tools and evidence needed to demonstrate assurance for our customers. Your technical and audit background will help bridge security, technology, and compliance, and facilitate the scale of the program. 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

- Delivery of commercial and cleared audits programs in Australia (SOC, IRAP, DISP, etc.)
- Support audit evidence collection and project delivery as needed for other APAC countries
- 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.
- Innovate to develop mechanisms that continuously improve the customer experience of security assurance;
- Performing compliance impact and market assessments of emerging compliance programs;
- 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 (see applicants/eligibility-and-suitability) About the team

Diverse Experiences AWS Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the

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, 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 AWS Security

At AWS, 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 AWS’s products and services.

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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

Here at Amazon, 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 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 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Work/Life Balance

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📌 Sr Security Assurance Specialist Australia, AWS Security Assurance (Sydney)
🏢 Amazon
📍 Sydney