Principal Industry Specialist Information Security Job in Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Information Security is a high visibility team that solves security challenges at a massive scale. We are looking for those who are ready to take on a lead role in addressing security issues across one of the largest and diverse companies in the world. Security issues at such scale and speed require a passion for defining and implementing robust solutions.

The InfoSec Engagement Team is looking for a focused Principal Industry Specialist with strong technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and customer obsession. The Industry Specialist will lead efforts to identify and address security concerns for Amazon in India across its existing partner teams such as Corporate Development, Amazon Subsidiaries, Information Security, and Business Line Security Teams (Federated Security Teams - FSTs). The ideal candidate would have excellent communication skills, the ability to influence stakeholders by creating win-win solutions, and the desire to be an individual contributor in securing Amazon's global environment. We are looking for an individual that can lead technical initiatives, build and maintain strategic relationships with internal and external partners, define and implement repeatable processes and deliver results against Amazon's dynamic security landscape.


Joining the Information Security team provides the unique challenge and opportunity to solve security issues across a diverse set of global businesses. The ideal candidate will draw upon exemplary project management capabilities, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and a passion for creating reliable, maintainable, and secure solutions. The candidate should be open to new challenges, proficient at multi-tasking, innovative, self-directed, and a great team player. Candidates should drive continuous process improvement and collaborate effectively with cross-functional business and security teams to solve problems and implement solutions. The candidate will interact with a broad cross-section of the Amazon organization, spanning a wide range of technologies.

Key Responsibilities include:
Lead initiatives aimed at identifying and eliminating security risks for Amazon and its partner teams such as Corporate Development, Amazon Subsidiaries, and Business Line Security Teams
Manage the full life cycle of day-to-day security integration activities including coordination of detailed functional plans, communication with key stakeholders, and issue resolution. Create awareness of cross- functional inter-dependencies and establish prioritization for plan execution to minimize disruption on daily operations.
Participant in the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) process through leading security due-diligence efforts and working with cross-functional teams across global organizations
Lead internal and/or third-party security assessment, architecture review, and penetration or other testing of the target organization and develop integration plans to include remediation of identified weaknesses and/or implementation of compensating controls
Lead ambiguous and undefined problems to resolution in the face of uncertainty
Demonstrate the ability to provide both structured and creative thinking in a dynamic, evolving, multi team-based environment
Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels of management, building trust across the organization, and demonstrating discretion with sensitive information
Show ownership and leadership skills in coordinating projects across multiple teams, driving them to successful conclusion while building strong, lasting relationships with both internal and external customers
Be comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment while driving teams to complete goals
Demonstrate the ability to break abstract goals into attainable, measurable work items

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, Engineering, Math, Statistics or related discipline, or 15+ years equivalent technology experience
Minimum of 10 years of industry experience with a proven track record of delivery following Project Management principles
10+ years of executive communication. Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business
5+ years working in a technical role with a solid grasp of networking and security fundamentals
Minimum of 5 years of experience managing the deployment of information security solutions at scale
Ability to effectively coordinate between technical teams and business stakeholders
Meets/exceeds Amazons leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazons functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Ability to travel 25% of the time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Qualifications
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team
An entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to drive innovation independently
Maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, and leadership skills
Strong customer focus, ownership, sense of urgency and drive
Familiarity with web services, multi-tiered systems, complex architectures, workflow modeling and enterprise application integration
Passion to make things better and resourceful, solutions-based approach to partnership
Security-related certifications (i.e. CISSP, CISA)
Possess an understanding of core information security principles and associated risk management principles
Have extensive experience with of process improvement, team building, and strategic development
Experience with large enterprise environments
Experience with AWS products and services
Experience with cross-organizational collaboration and negotiation