Job Description

DESCRIPTION Amazon is seeking talented senior insider threat and forensics investigation leaders to lead regional sites within Amazon’s Insider Threat organization. The growing team you will join is responsible for building and delivering insider threat solutions for Amazon, including world-class investigations and response. As a Site Lead, you enable your team’s mission: to reduce the risk insiders can pose to Amazon. The primary responsibility of this role will be to lead, manage, and develop one of the team’s core functions: Investigations. This role will allow you to apply your deep experience as an insider threat investigator to leading a regional team of talented security professionals charged with identifying, assessing, and mitigating internal threat risk. As a people manager, you will be responsible for the team’s operations, managing and coaching a team of security engineers, setting and documenting standards, defining and measuring success, and most importantly, inspiring the team to raise the bar on insider threat response. The successful candidate embodies Amazon’s leadership principles, with specific strengths in their willingness to own their space, bias for action, and insistence on the highest standards. They will be able to effortlessly switch between tactical-level support to their team during investigations and focusing on the bigger picture to improve operations over time. This individual relies on data to drive decision-making for their team and to educate leaders on opportunities to improve Amazon’s security posture. Finally, the leader in this role will be obsessed with providing excellent customer service to the teams across Amazon who depend on rapid and thorough insider threat response. Key job responsibilities - Lead and develop a regional team of security engineers who provide insider threat investigation support to Amazon. - Serve as a leading insider threat and forensics investigator to support regional investigation operations. - Establish, document, and improve standard operating procedures, run-books, and internal best practices for the investigations function. - Closely partner with technical program management to define the team’s technology requirements, assist in identifying new technology solutions, and improve existing solutions to enable the team’s investigative mission. - Partner with relevant teams across information security, Legal, HR, and others necessary in support of investigations. - Communicate effectively with varying audiences at multiple levels of sensitivity, often including legal, human resources, business leaders, and partner information technology and information security teams. - Evaluate the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research to Amazon. - Develop trends and insights based upon data to drive continual improvements. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience. - 5+ years of demonstrated experience in an Information Security or Investigative role, preferably in digital forensics, incident response, internal threat (aka insider threat) investigations, or a relevant engineering role. - 3+ years of demonstrated experience in building, leading, and managing operational teams. - Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy in a global environment. - Effective written and verbal communication skills across a broad range of technical and non-technical audiences. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Relevant industry certifications or training which demonstrate intimate familiarity with the forensics investigations or insider threat discipline (e.g., CFCE, GCFE, GASF, GIME, GCFA, GNFA or CERT, CCITP, NITTF). - Previous experience leading insider threat or DFIR teams/functions. - Experience with defensive technologies or mechanisms against insider threats and the ability to pick up new technologies quickly. - Ability to prioritize competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. - Proven experience establishing metrics for measurement of engineering and operational excellence. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. 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