Description

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 specialists ensure that AWS can meet customers audit, assurance and regulatory expectations. We are looking for Security Assurance Specialist with expertise in technology audit, compliance and enterprise risk management programs in Japan and across APAC. This role requires working with the key members of the team to develop strategic direction for security audit and assurance activities.


Key job responsibilities
• Dive deep into the Amazon control environment to develop broad domain and technical understanding of our security activities and control implementations to articulate compliance implications to both customers and internal/external audit functions.
• Develop understanding of regulated industry compliance requirements and communicate how our control activities meet global regulatory obligations.
• Develop strategic direction for security audit and assurance activities in Japan market.
• Liaise with strategic customers, regulators and auditors, articulate control implementation, and describe considerations for applying security and compliance concepts to a cloud environment.
• Monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve the organization by being a trusted adviser, facilitator, and creative problem solver. Implement continuous improvements to the security organization and the program management process. Share program/project process frameworks, tools, and best practices that can be adopted throughout the organization.
• Apply a sound knowledge of global information security regulations and policy to articulate customer and regulatory impact and drive alignment to AWS environment.