Do you have the passion for helping customers and partners design and create robust security architectures to address their enterprise risk management requirements using cloud computing? Do you enjoy helping customers become more secure across their workloads and assisting them meet compliance accreditation? Would you like to do this using the world’s most advanced cloud computing technologies? Are you one of those rare technologists with the communication, consulting, and leadership skills to help guide major projects to success? The AWS Solutions Architecture team is hiring!

Come join the team as a Security Solutions Architect within Amazon Web Services (AWS) ASEAN team. In this role, you will deliver architecture guidance, lead proof-of-concept projects and conduct customer workshops. You will also drive collaboration with customers and partners to address security as well as compliance challenges.

Your broad responsibilities will include: owning the technical engagement and ultimate success around specific implementation projects, working cross-organizationally to facilitate widespread use and adoption of the AWS platform, and developing a deep expertise in the AWS security technologies as well as broad know-how around how applications and services are securely constructed using the AWS platform. The ideal candidate will possess customer facing skills that will allow them to represent AWS well within the customer’s environment and drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, and risk mitigation. They should also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technology challenges.

The ideal candidate will look like this…

Be great fun to work with. Our company credo is “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”. As the right candidate, you will love what you do, and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative, and willing to take on any challenge.

Enjoy working with customers of all shapes and sizes. You will have a passion for educating, training, designing, and building cloud computing systems for a diverse and challenging set of customers.

Have a strong understanding of large scale cloud computing solutions. The ideal candidate will have past experience working as a security systems engineer or security architect. You will enjoy keeping your existing technical skills and developing new ones, so that you can make strong contributions to deep architecture discussions around securing systems and applications in the cloud. You regularly take part in deep-dive education and design exercises along with technical deep dive drive technical discussions to create world class security solutions for AWS.

Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
Candidates should have experience in most of the following areas:
- Security Compliance experience – must have strong experience and understanding of customer security/compliance requirements.
- Speaking and presentation skills – Presentations, white boarding, large and small group speaking.
- Technical – broad and deep knowledge of fundamental security principles and technologies, Security services development/deployment experience, and IT systems and network engineering experience.
- Operational Security – should have experience in operationalizing both infrastructure and application security controls
- Economic and business – RFP/Acquisition support; market analysis; cost benefit analysis, etc.
- Experience in engaging enterprise class environment and complex architecture designs.

About the team
At AWS, Security is our Top Priority. As a security leader in our team, you will be a key person for scaling our security messaging through the field and enabling customers to succeed in their security journey. Our team help all of our customers build and operate securely in the AWS Cloud.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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.

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.

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 and Career Growth
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Senior Security Solutions Architect , Security SA, ASEAN