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Amazon Security Communications Specialist, AWS Security Messaging in Seattle, Washington
Description
The AWS Security Messaging team is seeking a high-judgment, high-performing individual to lead strategic communication initiatives for the largest cloud provider in the world. This role requires a blend of technical knowledge, security fundamentals and public communications experience, as well as stakeholder management and influence skills.
The team is responsible for helping customers stay secure through timely and transparent messaging about security issues. The Security Communications Specialist owns the communication strategy and lifecycle, drives process improvement, and bolsters the maturity of the program. A successful candidate considers business and brand risk, efficiently produces quality deliverables, proactively removes roadblocks, and gracefully handles competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
This position includes rotating on-call responsibilities.
Key job responsibilities
Advise on communications strategy, managing unpredictable issues and addressing blockers
Translate complex technical concepts into digestible, audience-appropriate messages
Successfully aggregate data from multiple sources to enable effective decision making
Drive continuous improvement by embracing new strategies, tools, and processes
Regularly track, analyze and report on progress against goals, and overall program health for team business reviews and reports
About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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 Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & 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, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
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.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of technical product or program management experience
3+ years of experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders, and multiple levels of leadership
Demonstrated ability to prepare technical communications for technical and non-technical audiences
Bachelor's degree in Communications, Business, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Experience working cross functionally with technical and non-technical teams
Preferred Qualifications
3+ years of experience in a role that focuses on IT security and/or cloud technology (e.g. security operations, incident response, security engineering, threat intelligence)
Understanding of incident response and information security practices and concepts
Experience using data and metrics to identify and drive improvements
Familiarity with AWS services (e.g. EC2, S3, GuardDuty, IAM, Lambda)
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $197,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.