Sr. Manager, Infrastructure Security, Infrastructure Security Amazon Jobs – Minneapolis, MN

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Are you a leader who wants to own critical, highly scalable systems, and foster innovation to keep Amazon secure? Can you attract and grow the engineering talent needed for those kinds of challenges? Are you skilled at managing complex projects that require interacting with multiple stakeholders while staying close to the detail? If so, the AWS Infrastructure Security Team is the place for you.

The Infrastructure Security Team is responsible for the security and risk management of the AWS Infrastructure. We build systems that detect, assess, and mitigate risk across the global infrastructure and are accountable for keeping the Amazon Infrastructure secure and compliant with customer requirements. The Infrastructure Security Team is looking for a Senior Security Leader to lead our Hardware Security Lifecycle Team. The successful candidate is expected to be a leader who can deliver through high performing, diverse, Engineering Teams and who understands and sets a high bar for all parts of security, software development, deployment, and operations. This leader will also be required to have strong impact and influence across AWS to drive a unified risk management strategy throughout the hardware lifecycle. You must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven, demonstrate high impact and influence across teams, and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment. We’re looking for leaders who can lead through challenges and seek to shed light on ambiguity. If that is you, Amazon is the place to be as we solve hard problems, make history, and have fun.

How do we operate in our team?
We empower our leaders to take ownership of their realm and make a difference. At AWS, we are nimble and agile, like being part of a startup, innovating while collaborating with a smart group of people around you. We are thrilled about how software and hardware are changing the landscape of Infrastructure. We operate on an unimaginable scale. We push the boundaries in robustness, fault-tolerance and smart adaptive algorithms that can react intelligently to real-world events.

Why would you want to work at AWS Infrastructure?

• We are making history!
• We have some of the largest data centers in the world and we don’t stop growing.
• Because we own the entire AWS infrastructure, we can innovate in a way that others cannot.
• Very large impact: everything AWS, and most of Amazon, is built on the AWS Infrastructure.

Key job responsibilities
What will you be doing here?

 Building world class software solutions that impacts every device within the AWS Infrastructure
 Build and execute on a comprehensive security strategy
 Coordinate across disparate teams within AWS to drive prioritized outcomes
 Interact regularly with executive management to provide program and strategy updates
 Set quality standards, build mechanisms and processes for team efficiency, continuously inventing and simplifying

About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge-sharing and mentorship.

Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects that help our team members develop your engineering expertise so you feel empowered to take on more complex tasks in the future. 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

 A background in computer science fundamentals: a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science (or equivalent).
 10+ years of experience in software leadership roles; technical security leadership roles, or security executive roles
 10+ years of experience with engagement and working with senior technical and business stakeholders
 5+ years of technical program management experience and demonstrated knowledge of program management best practices
 Prior experience hiring and developing a team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

 Executive Technical Leadership (CISO, VP of IT, etc.)
 Experience in with complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
 Experience in leading through software engineers to improve security of their software.
 Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project.
 Excellent leadership, verbal and written communication skills.
 A strong customer orientation.
 Deep experience working with technical teams to deliver results
 Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
 Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

Why AWS?

About 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.

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 in the cloud.

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.