Security Architect Digital Sovereignty

About Us 

Amazon Web Services (AWS), headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is a global leader in cloud computing and IT infrastructure solutions. AWS provides scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud services that empower businesses to innovate, operate efficiently, and accelerate digital transformation. Our offerings include computing power, storage, databases, analytics, machine learning, and cybersecurity solutions for organizations of all sizes. AWS combines cutting-edge technology, operational excellence, and client-focused strategies to deliver reliable and flexible solutions. Committed to innovation, sustainability, and customer success, AWS enables businesses in the UAE and worldwide to achieve growth, agility, and competitive advantage.

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AWS fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and customer obsession. Employees are encouraged to develop skills, propose creative solutions, and embrace challenges. The work environment values diversity, integrity, and continuous learning, offering a supportive platform where individuals can grow professionally while contributing to transformative cloud solutions.

Why Work With Us 

Joining AWS provides opportunities to work on pioneering cloud technologies, gain global exposure, and enhance technical expertise. Employees benefit from career growth, training, and recognition in a dynamic environment. Team members contribute to enabling businesses’ digital transformation while advancing their careers with a leading global cloud provider.

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Job description

Job Description
Description The Global Services Security (GSS) team, a part of Amazon Web Services, leverages the expertise and ingenuity of our builders to establish scalable security solutions for both internal and external customers that drive business outcomes. Our goal of securing the world s workloads and building a brighter future for humanity requires us to focus on reliable delivery of bar raising security outcomes and investment in security mechanisms and automation on behalf of our customers. Security is our highest priority at AWS. As an AWS customer, you benefit from an environment built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. As an Global Services, Security (GSS) team member, you will help secure that environment for our internal and external customers while working on security products for a variety of platforms and technologies, all operating at massive scale. This Sr. Security Architect for Digital Sovereignty role will advise and deliver security and compliance outcomes across a wide range of strategic opportunities and challenging environments. You will be responsible for shaping the security and compliance strategy for digital sovereignty. This includes designing technical architectures to help regulators, public sector entities, and highly regulated customers navigating digital sovereignty requirements for their jurisdictions. You will drive change with customers, partners, regulators, and internal teams, and develop security strategies and architectures to win support for delivering creative/non-standard approaches and solutions. This key position will have high visibility at the most senior levels of customer, partner, and regulator organizations within the UAE. The position will act as the security interface with AWS customers and service teams working closely with AWS Sales and Solutions Architect teams. The candidate will foster key relationships, interpret the impacts of industry and regulatory changes, and track and report on industry trends. Key job responsibilities Lead the conversation on security, risk, and compliance with strategic AWS customers and partners with sovereignty restrictions Manage disparate senior stakeholders within customer environments to align consensus and drive outcomes on the AWS platform Help customers understand how they can integrate and implement AWS security controls into their own control frameworks Prioritize strategic customer outcomes that drive their business forward, while complying with sovereignty requirements and increasing their overall security posture. Act as a thought leader. Develop and launch industry leading sovereignty-related, customer-facing resources based on projected customer needs and current demand Assist the AWS compliance team in determining the strategic direction of the various AWS compliance programs based on customer interaction and demonstrative metrics. Directly impact the roadmaps for AWS products and services through voice-of-the-customer amplification and influence Develop and maintain impactful relationships with key industry personnel, executives, decision makers, and policy makers Partner directly with AWS customers to help them understand the implementation of AWS security requirements Keep the AWS Global Services leadership team fully informed of customer engagement status, issues, and activities Basic Qualifications 8+ years of specific technology domain areas (e.g. software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, data & analytics) experience 3+ years of design, implementation, or consulting in applications and infrastructures experience 10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience Preferred Qualifications 5+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience Experience working with end user or developer communities Experience in the regulatory compliance domain

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