Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, delivering virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world to include the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC).

The AWS Security, Special Programs Group (SPG) operating within the AWS Security, is responsible for creating, implementing, and overseeing Amazons National Industrial Security Program (NISP). As a Personnel Security Officer supporting the AWS NISP, you will join a team of industry-leading security experts working with the U.S. Government to operate and continuously improve industry-leading personnel security programs and processes. AWS Security requires innovative thinking balanced with a strong customer focus on quality and execution.

AWS Security is looking for an exceptional Personnel Security Officer with a strong track record of supporting security programs, demonstrable program/project management experience, comprehensive program security knowledge, and a deep understanding of government security programs, processes, and requirements. You must obsess over internal and external customers and successfully deliver support and services in an environment where priorities shift extremely fast. You must be able to operate independently to manage security projects, continuously triage and prioritize accordingly, communicate clearly and compellingly.

Among other duties, the Personnel Security Officer will:

Ensure personnel security programs are developed and operated in accordance with internal and customer security policies and practices

Develop, track, and report on key program performance metrics

Continuously monitor processes and drive improvements in efficiency and quality of our personnel security programs

Engage with AWS and customer leadership teams on a regular basis

Demonstrate proficiency with the full suite of MS Office applications (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)

Effectively prioritize and execute tasks

Self-motivated, able to work with minimal day-to-day guidance and have the ability to own problems through to resolution

Must be willing to share on-call rotations to support the mission.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we arent focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, were happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced lifeboth in and outside of work.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors Degree in Intelligence, Security Management, Business Administration, or analytical field - or 5 years of Security Specialist security experience
5+ years of experience managing collateral, SCI and/or special access security programs
5+ years of experience interpreting and enforcing security requirements of the NISPOM, ICD, ICPG, Executive Orders, and other Agency specific regulations as it pertains to personnel security
Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience supporting multiple government agencies
Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business
Demonstrated maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, and leadership skills
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic environment that changes daily
The ability to drive innovation independently; have a passion to improve at every opportunity
Familiarity with web services, multi-tiered systems, workflow modeling and enterprise application integration
Possess self-drive to keep things moving forward even in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge
Meets/exceeds Amazons leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazons functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
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