Manager Security Automation AWS Security Operational Research

* Minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing and building teams up to 8 people (including coaching and mentoring) * Minimum of three (5) years experience with high volume workflow process and procedures * Minimum of three (5) years knowledge of technical incident response methods and tools * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field or related experience * Knowledge of internet security issues and threat landscape. Job summary As a Manager in the AWS Security Operational Research team, you will own the automation of emergent security mitigations. You will manage security engineers and program managers to develop innovative security prototypes at an unprecedented scale. Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers and preserves our customer’s trust in us. You will get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that empower our incident response team, protecting every single AWS customer from security threats. We are seeking an innovative and thoughtful leader with an established background in delivering rapid prototypes. You have strong technical skills, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and motivation to achieve results for your customers. You are a leader who prioritizes systematically, communicates clearly and compellingly, and fosters a growth mentality and delivery excellence within your team. As a security leader, you will (a) lead by example, innovate and solve security challenges at a massive scale, (b) orchestrate strategy and direction, roadmap planning, and operations, (c) hire, build and manage a cross-functional engineering team, and (d) foster strong team culture. Building a High-Performing & Inclusive Team Culture You should be passionate about attracting & developing a world-class team that welcomes, celebrates, and leverages a diverse set of backgrounds and skill-sets to deliver results. Driving results through others is your primary responsibility, and doing so in a way that builds on our inclusive culture is key to our long-term success. Mentorship & Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. The team has a mix of experience levels, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior engineers, data scientists, and managers truly enjoy mentoring junior engineers and engineers from non-traditional backgrounds through one-on-one mentoring, thorough code reviews, and providing opportunities to lead new development. We care about your career growth. We create opportunities for you to continuously develop into a more well-rounded leader and builder, enabling greater customer impact and influence over time. Inclusive and Diverse Culture Our team is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Yes, we secure the world’s most comprehensive cloud, and we believe a big reason for that is the inclusive and welcoming culture we cultivate every day. We’re looking for a new teammate who is enthusiastic, empathetic, curious, motivated, reliable, and able to work effectively with a diverse team of peers. We want someone who will help us amplify the positive & inclusive team culture we’ve been building. 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. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Work/Life Balance 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 aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work. We understand that life is dynamic and we have a flexible work environment that enables individuals to adjust their work schedule to accommodate personal needs. Our team is distributed, though most of the team is located in Europe and Virginia. We generally keep core business hours of 9:30 EST - 4:30UTC, while allowing flexibility as needed. At AWS Security, it’s not about clocking hours, it’s about delivering results. On-Call Responsibility This position involves on-call escalation responsibilities. We don’t like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we don’t get paged for the same issue twice. Key job responsibilities * You independently manage a team of engineers. You are able to assess engineer performance and have experience managing both high and low performers. You are able to hire, develop, and promote engineers. * You define the strategic vision for your team, partnering effectively with customers and stakeholders. You establish a roadmap and successfully deliver engineering solutions that execute that vision. * You are able to independently make short-term vs. long-term decisions. You define clear goals and objectives. You make crisp decisions about what projects move forward and in what priority order. * You delegate appropriately, assigning the right level of tasks based on the strength and development objectives of the individuals on your team. * You proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your manager, customers, and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks. You know when to escalate. * You communicate ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, to all types of audiences. You are able to write narratives and strategic documentation. * You work successfully with customers, leaders, and other engineering teams. You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues (influence and build consensus). * You define metrics to measure team progress, customer experience, solution quality, and operational excellence. * Your team has customer engagement mechanisms, adheres to SLAs, and effectively manages operations. A day in the life * You review new and ongoing security mitigations to implement, analysing the proposed path forward and course correcting rapidly. * You align the short term requirements with our long term investments, consistently measuring innovation impact, and proposing out-of-the box solutions. * You identify gaps by constantly challenging the norms. Every little innovation could result in days of operational improvement for your engineers and customers. * You synchronise frequently with other specialised teams to maintain an homogeneous vision. About the team You will work with a small team of passionate security engineers with strong background in automation and architecture on AWS and past incident response experience. We are part of an operational team and place a high emphasis on Bias for Action, Deliver Results, and Customer Obsession. Our customers and sponsors include executive and our systems are key to securing Amazon. Our team is dispatched across the world. * Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in managing and building teams (including coaching and mentoring) * Experience managing or coordinating operational and development efforts. * Excellent oral and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical individuals up to executive level. * Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic environment. A high degree of organization. * Excellent oral and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical individuals up to executive level. * Track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects * Familiarity with Cloud Environment and architecture. * Ability to script and automate reporting 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. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.