Amazon
Job title:
Senior Security Specialist Solutions Architect, UK Public Sector
Company
Amazon
Job description
DESCRIPTIONDo you want to define robust security architectures for public sector customers and partners across the UK to address their risk management requirements using cloud computing?Do you have the skills and experience to advise complex customers, whose goal is to achieve the highest levels of security across their workloads and meet demanding compliance accreditation standards?Do you want to lead with the very latest in cloud security technology and apply them to some of the most interesting computing workloads in the world?At AWS, we’re hiring a passionate and deeply technical security professional to work with our customers and partners on highly-visible strategic engagements.Our Security Specialist Solutions Architect Team lead the way for our customers, working at the highest levels to deliver secure and compliant solutions to help them accelerate their move to mission. As a security specialist, you will drive cloud adoption through influence, innovation, and education of our customers and partners. This role addresses all aspects of information security management as well as business and regulatory compliance, using cloud web services in large scale computing environments.Key job responsibilities
Evangelism – Provide thought leadership to the Public Sector around cloud computing, making the case that workloads are more secure in the cloud.Expertise – Collaborate with the AWS Field, Training, and Support teams, acting as trusted advisor and enabler to customers and partners when deploying secure architectural solutions.Innovation – Assess broad trends, proposing simple solutions that address evolving customer needs.Content Creation – Create reusable assets that remove friction and decrease time to value for customers.Education – Collaborate with AWS field sales, engineering, training, and support teams to help customers and partners learn and leverage AWS services in support of their mission.Insights – Work with AWS engineering, support, and business teams influencing AWS Technology roadmaps through partner and customer feedback.About the team
Our Security Specialist Solution Architects sit in the World Wide Public Sector Security team, in the UK. We are a group of security and compliance experts; including senior security & compliance strategic and c-level advisors, and security specialist architects. We enable our customers use of AWS and raise the bar on their overall security posture.
The team is located across the UK, and working directly with the customer and AWS field teams.
We know that success demands excellence in security and privacy. We champion the digital sovereignty, security, and privacy needs of customers; we make it a part of every conversation. We work with AWS’ Government, public sector, defense, national security agencies, healthcare and educational customers and partners across the UK to evangelise, advise and help implement AWS’ Security, Compliance services and deal with regulatory topics in the Cloud.We help them adopt the latest cloud technologies, advise them on cybersecurity strategies, threats and risks and mitigations in both on-premises and cloud-based environments; allowing them to change the way they deliver services to their citizens. We make a difference to the societies we live in.About AWSDiverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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 AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating – that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship & 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, mentorship 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– Experience working with and communicating to business leaders, CxO and executives, in a way that helps them lead their organisations Cloud aspirations from the top down.
– Experience building enterprise security strategy for cloud adoption
– Experience advising enterprise customers on security and compliance
– Proven experience building security reference architectures for all-in cloud deployments and hybrid scenarios
– Working knowledge of operational security implementation and managementPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Bachelor’s degree, or Cloud Technology Certification (such as Solutions Architecture, Cloud Security Professional or Cloud DevOps Engineering)
– Experience of or authorship of public standards (e.g., NIST SP 800 Series, RFCs)
– Hands-on technical expertise in Security Architecture, automation, integration, and deployment (DevOps)
– Applicable industry certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, GSEC, CEH)
– Working knowledge of scripting languages (Python, Ruby on Rails, etc), integrating 3rd party monitoring tools, and information security product
– Working knowledge of cloud computing technologies and workload transition challengesAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.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/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.
Expected salary
Location
London
Job date
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:42:20 GMT
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