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Application deadline: Sep 15, 2026
The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (AWS ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Senior Delivery Consultant to join our Cloud Security team. As a Senior Security Consultant, you'll work closely with customers to design, implement, and automate solutions in AWS to protect customer assets, enable customer security teams to operate more effectively, and ensure customers don't accept unnecessary risk.
You will work in fast-paced, complex projects that focus on delivering transformative business and security outcomes for customers globally. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled technical security professional with the ability to coach and guide executive security and cloud leaders in their journey, addressing topics such as security strategy and optimizing cloud security operations while being able to dive deep into AWS security technology. Along the way, you'll be expected to invent, extend, and adapt technology to tailor solutions to customer needs as well as coach and mentor junior consultants to enable their success.
The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.
Key job responsibilities
As an experienced technology professional, you will be expected to:
1. Act as the technical leader for customer engagements and/or the security workstreams of engagements, leading teams of consultants.
2. Lead internal initiatives to deliver quantifiable impact
3. Develop strategic relationships with internal and external leaders
4. Design and implement complex, scalable, and secure AWS solutions tailored to customer needs
5. Enable and engage delivery partners in project delivery
6. Provide mentorship and coaching to develop others
About the team
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of cloud architecture and solution implementation experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent
- 3+ years of security, compliance and risk management experience
- 5+ years of integration, testing and automation experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of security and compliance standards including HIPAA and GDPR
- Experience communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences in pre-sales environments
- AWS experience preferred, with proficiency in a wide range of AWS services (e.g. EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation)
- AWS Professional level certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional) preferred
- Experience with automation and scripting (e.g. Terraform, Python)
- Work experience in any of the following industries: financial services (banking, capital markets, payments, insurance, or other segments), automotive, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, energy, media & entertainment, or manufacturing
- Hands-on technical expertise in building security capabilities in code, deploying infrastructure as code, and implementing enterprise security solutions (e.g. WAF, IPS, Anti-DDOS, SIEM)
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, San Francisco - 176,600.00 - 239,000.00 USD annually
USA, CO, Denver - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, IL, Chicago - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, NY, New York - 169,000.00 - 228,600.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Dallas - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually