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NERC Compliance Specialist, AWS Energy Portfolio Operations

Amazon· NERC Compliance / AWS Energy Portfolio Operations
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Seattle, WA, Arlington, VA, Houston, TX$139.5k - $188.7kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

NERC Compliance Specialist to join AWS Energy Portfolio Operations Risk & Compliance. Builds and operationalizes AWS's NERC compliance program across the data center portfolio, coordinating with Engineering, Facility Operations, PGS, Legal, and external stakeholders to ensure readiness, ongoing compliance, and audit preparedness.

Responsibilities

  • Compliance Program Execution: Support the design, build, and operationalization of the AWS NERC Compliance Program, including emerging requirements for large load.
  • Registration & Filings: Manage NERC registration filings, annual self-certifications, and compliance evidence across registered sites. Track registration boundary determinations (cluster vs. individual site) and coordinate with Regional Entities. Support the mapping and ongoing management of NERC obligations across applicable functional registrations.
  • Compliance Assessment & Remediation: Serve as SME for assessment, design and drive remediation plans to closure. Track progress against Reliability Standards and Essential Actions.
  • Audit Readiness: Develop and maintain Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAWs), compliance evidence repositories, and documentation in support of a scalable compliance program. Prepare for and support NERC audits, spot checks, and mock audits.
  • Cross-Functional Coordination: Serve as the NERC compliance subject matter expert to internal teams across AWS, including Engineering (protection coordination, disturbance monitoring), Operations (operating instructions, communications protocols), Operations (load modeling, telemetry), and Legal (registration, interconnection agreements).
  • ISO/RTO Requirements: Map and track ISO/RTO-specific compliance requirements that layer on top of NERC baseline standards across applicable regions. Identify where regional obligations diverge and ensure site-level compliance.
  • Energy Deal Registration Analysis: Assess NERC registration triggers for energy contracts and supply strategies. Evaluate whether deal structures trigger GO/GOP, DP, or other NERC functional registrations and advise on compliance implications. Support FAC-001/FAC-002 interconnection and facility connection requirements as applicable.
  • Regulatory Monitoring: Track NERC standards development activities (including Phase 2 items: VRT/FRT, CIP applicability, performance standards), FERC orders, and state/regional regulatory changes that may impact the compliance program.
  • Reporting & Communication: Provide regular compliance status reporting to stakeholders and senior leadership. Write clear documentation including compliance narratives, risk assessments, and corrective action plans.
  • Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to scale compliance operations across a growing portfolio of registered sites. Develop procedures, templates, and mechanisms for repeatable compliance evidence collection.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of compliance, audit or risk management experience
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, management, or technology
  • Experience managing cross-functional compliance programs across multiple jurisdictions or registered entities
  • Experience with regulatory audit preparation, self-certification filings, or compliance evidence management
  • Knowledge of Bulk Electric System (BES) / Bulk Power System (BPS) operations, including familiarity with NERC registration categories, reliability functions, and general FERC governance (e.g. FERC-NERC regulatory framework)

Skills

Required:NERC ComplianceRegulatory Knowledge (NERC, FERC, ISO/RTO)Audit ReadinessCross-functional Collaboration

Benefits

  • Base salary with sign-on payments and RSUs
  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), Life & AD&D insurance, EAP, Mental Health Support, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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