Principal Security Solutions Architect, FSI Security and Compliance APJ

About the role

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Principal Security Solutions Architect to work with its largest Financial Services customers in the APJ region. The role helps overcome barriers to AWS adoption by addressing security, risk and compliance questions raised by stakeholders in financial institutions, and builds and maintains executive-level relationships with CIOs, CISOs, CROs and policy approvers. It works closely with AWS sales, business development, solutions architecture and product teams.

Key responsibilities

• Help overcome barriers to AWS adoption in Financial Services accounts by tackling major security, risk and compliance questions from stakeholders.
• Participate in architecture discussions to work through risk, security and compliance concerns.
• Work with customer stakeholders to identify controls, and educate auditors and examiners on assessing third-party supplier arrangements and conducting audits when AWS is in scope.
• Build and maintain executive-level relationships with CIO/CISO/CRO and policy approvers and owners.
• Develop technical content such as white papers and reference architectures that help customers deploy secure and compliant cloud solutions.
• Assess security and controls knowledge across AWS sales and solutions architecture teams and develop plans to address gaps.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in specific technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data and analytics.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.
• Experience developing technology solutions and evangelising end-to-end technology roadmaps that guide IT transformations toward cloud computing.
• Experience communicating with technical and non-technical audiences and at C-level, including training, workshops and publications.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of distributed systems design and implementation, large-scale automation and workflow management, or database design and implementation.
• Presentation and whiteboarding skills, with confidence speaking to internal and external executives, IT management and developers.
• Experience architecting, migrating, transforming or modernizing customer requirements to the cloud.