Senior Security Technical Program Manager, AWS Security

Senior Security Technical Program Manager, AWS Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud service provider, offering virtualised infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers worldwide. AWS operates at massive scale in a globally distributed environment, enabling businesses-from startups to government agencies-to run their operations and applications on highly secure infrastructure.

As a Senior Security Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) within our team, you'll influence and own long-term security outcomes for AWS. You'll work with external customers and regulated industries to understand their needs and design security systems and solutions that enable more effective, secure and safe operations. You will collaborate with service teams, infrastructure, and administrative groups to identify opportunities to improve AWS' security posture, building tools, driving process improvements, and developing innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate security related engagements with internal and external customers, ensuring effective communication and alignment of security objectives.
• Identify and plan security packages of work, meticulously scheduling delivery within agreed timeframes while anticipating and addressing potential challenges.
• Implement ISM, PSPF, DSPF, ASIO T4, NIST and other security compliance frameworks into design and build baselines to achieve the agreed security posture.
• Remove roadblocks, foster innovation, and manage multiple competing priorities in a fast paced environment, driving continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Create, optimize, and support cross functional working groups and projects, fostering collaboration and synergy across departments to enhance security capabilities.
• Develop thought leadership material on cloud and emerging technologies, contributing to industry discourse and organisational knowledge sharing.
• Manage tight deadlines with precision, exhibiting exceptional attention to detail and ensuring the successful completion of projects and initiatives.
• Orchestrate cross functional teams (e.g., services, network, infrastructure, physical security, and operations) to align technical dependencies, manage competing priorities, and ensure synchronized progress toward program milestones.
• Engage in technical architecture discussions about security controls, understand complex system dependencies across logical and physical domains, and make informed trade off decisions that balance security rigor with delivery timelines.
• Maintain a top down strategic view of timelines, risks, and resource constraints across the program while possessing technical credibility to challenge engineering approaches and identify early architectural risks.
• Identify and manage risk through the security lens to mitigate risks that may impact assurance outcomes and program delivery.
• Hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working directly with engineering teams.
• 5+ years of technical program management experience working with software engineering teams.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules.
• Understanding of classified government environments, including personnel security requirements, information handling protocols, and continuous authorisation maintenance.
• Technical understanding of security controls across multiple domains (network security, access control, cryptography, monitoring, incident response) sufficient to evaluate architectural approaches and identify implementation risks.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and critical path management.
• Experience defining KPI/SLAs used to drive multi million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience delivering cyber security programmes in Australia aligned with the ISM and PSPF.
• Proven track record achieving certification, accreditation, and assurance of software systems to obtain Authority to Operate (ATO) for highly classified systems operating at the highest classification level.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.