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Posted date: Jun 30, 2025
Location: Arlington, VA
Estimated salary: $200,850
Range: $147,200 - $254,500
Description
At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.The AWS Security organization is looking for an exceptional individual to lead our Enterprise Risk Reduction team. This Security Manager will own the development of internal engagement strategies for addressing risk to Amazon’s enterprise environment at scale. The right candidate has good mix of deep technical security knowledge, strong communications, and keen judgment to strike the right balance between security outcomes and business requirements. We need someone who’s comfortable building teams, developing staff, and leading by example
This leader is expected to have a track record of delivering high quality results and best-in-class solutions in a fast-moving environment. We are a mixed discipline team that identifies opportunities to improve the security posture of all AWS infrastructure and drives their implementation across the company. We are looking for leaders who like to solve problems and remove obstacles. The ability to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and drive a high level of focus and excellence within a strong team is crucial. If you enjoy leading cross-functional teams of engineers, developers and program managers, and you are skilled at organizing, driving, and communicating laterally and upwards, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity to work alongside world-class talent in solving complex and far-reaching problems.
This role will be located in either Northern Virginia or Seattle, WA
Key job responsibilities
* Maintain a prioritized roadmap to address gaps and improve practices.
* Communicate effectively across leadership teams.
* Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple groups as part of the organization’s security effort.
* Communicate project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner.
* Coordinate with partner security teams to build tracking and reporting capabilities to drive down risks.
* Develop and innovate on global security strategies, providing clear narrative and effective tactics to engage internal Amazon and AWS service teams to improve internal and external services
* Lead a team of security professionals to support the business and drive down risk across Amazon.
* Proactively build and manage relationships with key internal stakeholders across a range of businesses and geographies.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, 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 Amazon Security?
At Amazon, 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 Amazon’s products and services. We offer 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
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field or relevant work experience- 5+ years of security industry experience.
- 5+ years managing and building teams (including coaching and mentoring)
- Strong and proven ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience and stakeholders
Extended Qualifications
- Master’s degree- Strong information security risk-based prioritization abilities
- Information security professional certifications encouraged (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
- Strong leadership and excellent communication with the ability to drive consensus and articulate recommendations and trade-offs to senior executives
- Experience creating metrics to measure risk and impact
- Ability to think and innovate at scale
- Familiarity with AWS Services and Solutions
- Multidisciplinary experience in intelligence, incident response, forensics, program management, and product development.
- Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity in a rapidly changing business environment
- A highly collaborative, engaging style that builds relationships effectively
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. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $147,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $254,500/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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