Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Personnel Security Analyst, AWS Security

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Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/10/2025
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Description
Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the leading cloud provider, providing virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. AWS runs a globally distributed environment, operating at massive levels of scale. Businesses, from start-ups to enterprises, run their operations and applications on Amazon’s multi-tenant infrastructure.

Amazon is looking for an exceptional Personnel Security Analyst, with experience in security vetting and aftercare, supporting and managing Amazon businesses security needs.

This position will be working as part of a wider team of industry-leading security experts working with UK customers to operate and continuously improve security programs and processes. This team manages the underlying security programs and processes for personnel security, physical and logical accreditations, education, awareness and training, assurance, and cyber security. This position will lead on personnel security administrative tasks, ensuring Amazon personnel apply the appropriate vetting processes.

We’re looking for an experienced and self-motivated candidate who can prioritise well and can communicate clearly and compellingly.

Key job responsibilities

  • This role is both strategic and very hands-on with day-to-day management of vetting tasks.
  • Develop and lead the personnel security & vetting strategy
  • Hands-on management of routine vetting admin tasks, develop an understanding of current processes and then implement efficiencies.
  • Process vetting applications and report on progress, ensuring accurate records are maintained
  • Day to day management of records ensuring they are maintained, users are trained, accounts are management
  • Assist with the development of security training and awareness and measuring the security culture of the environment
  • Contribute to the development of new documentation and processes to continually improve and optimise personnel security services
  • Provide personnel security guidance and expertise to business stakeholders
  • Provide personnel security support to all AWS functions as appropriate
  • Develop and maintain relationships internally and externally with industry partners
  • Provide personnel security advice and briefings to Amazon staff
  • Support security incident management and investigations
  • Ensure latest vetting standards are adopted and ownership of incident reporting to required departments
  • Participant and contribute to Insider Risk investigations and best practice.

About The Team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of vetting best practice.
  • Experience of delivering high quality people centric HR or data operations.
  • Personable – comfortable collaborating with customers and cross functional team members.
  • Excellent attention to detail and driven by clear/ concise communication.
  • Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Organisational and administrative skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and challenging environment.
  • Good coordination and time management skills
  • Comfortable engaging with various internal and external stakeholders.
  • Positive ‘can do’ attitude and self-motivated to deliver.
  • Practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly.

Preferred Qualifications

  • An entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to drive innovation independently; have a passion to improve at every opportunity.
  • Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership.
  • Demonstrated maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills and analytical skills.
  • Ideal candidate will have an intermediate or better level of knowledge of security vetting programs and requirements.

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.

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.


Company - AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Job ID: A2974931
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