Security Assurance Specialist , AWS Compliance and Security Assurance EMEA
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About the role
Security Assurance Specialist role focusing on demonstrating security controls and compliance for AWS services to local regulators and customers in the EMEA region. Involves audit/controls expertise, interaction with customers and regulators, and driving continuous improvements to security programs and processes.
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 we control activities to meet global regulatory obligations.
- Liaise with customers, regulators and auditors, articulate control implementation, and describe considerations for applying security and compliance concepts to monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve the organization by being a trusted advisor, 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 working knowledge of global information security regulation and policy to articulate customer and control impact and drive alignment to Amazon controls.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management, Information Security or other related fields
- Experience in performing and/or participating in IT audits based on ISAE 3401, auditing COBIT, ITIL, IT-Grundschutz and assessments of highly technical cloud-based environments.
- Experience in risk assessment, building programs and strategies up to date on related industry trends
- Experience working in highly regulated industries (e.g. financial services, healthcare, energy, telecommunications), including direct work with European audits and frameworks such as DORA.
Skills
Required:Audit and regulatory understandingRegulatory frameworks (DORA, FCA guidance, C5, etc.)Communication with customers and regulators
Nice to have:Process improvement and automation
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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