AWS Security Risk Manager

About the role

Protiviti is seeking an AWS Security Risk Manager to join its Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering team. In this role you will help clients identify, assess, and manage security risks while enabling secure cloud adoption, modernization, and transformation. The position is based in Houston with additional work locations in Atlanta‑Peachtree Rd, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Tampa.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to translate complex business and data requirements into practical AWS Security solutions.
• Develop trusted client relationships.
• Mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants.
• Contribute to proposals and help expand Protiviti’s AWS data engineering capabilities.
• Assist clients in identifying, assessing, and managing security risks while supporting secure cloud adoption, modernization, and transformation.

Requirements

• Enjoy solving complex AWS security, risk, governance, compliance, and remediation engagements.
• Balance hands‑on technical depth with project leadership, client advisory, and team development.
• Comfortable working with ambiguous requirements and messy enterprise data.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, business stakeholders, and executives.
• Promote a positive team culture with accountability, collaboration, and open communication.
• Stay motivated to learn and remain current with AWS security trends and services.
• Identify practical opportunities to improve data reliability, accessibility, performance, and cost.

Skills

• 5+ years of hands‑on security experience across cloud and/or enterprise environments.
• 2+ years of consulting or professional services delivery experience and 1+ year of direct AWS experience in a security‑focused capacity.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code proficiency (CloudFormation or Terraform).
• Prior delivery experience in a large, regulated enterprise environment (financial services strongly preferred); comfortable operating under change‑control and audit scrutiny.
• Able to produce clear written documentation (architecture decision records, security patterns, runbooks) suitable for client Tech Risk review.
• Strong stakeholder communication; able to work directly with client engineering, security, and compliance teams as an embedded SME.
• Works to the stated engagement location/time‑zone overlap and follows AWS ProServe and client onboarding, security, and vetting requirements.
• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise data platforms and pipelines on AWS.
• Strong client advisory, facilitation, executive communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, IS, Comp Sci., etc.).
• 5+ years working in professional services or industry.
• Professional Certification Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional & AWS Certified Security – Specialty.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverages; FSA and HSA healthcare accounts.
• Life and accident insurance; adoption and fertility assistance.
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability.
• Company 401(k) savings and investment plan with employer match of 50% on the first 6% of contributions.
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; amount varies by years of service (new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year).
• Up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

Pay

Base salary range: $125,000.00 – $200,000.00.
Bonus target: 12% of base salary.
Estimated total cash range (base + bonus): $140,000.00 – $224,000.00.

Schedule

Protiviti follows a hybrid workplace model combining purposeful in‑person work with remote work. The remote‑to‑in‑person ratio varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. Employees work both in‑person at local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which may involve local or out‑of‑state travel based on project needs and client commitments. Starting salary is based on a full‑time equivalent schedule.