Principal Security Sales Rep

About the role

AWS North America is building a dedicated Security Sales team to proactively drive first-party and third-party Security Services revenue growth across our customer base. As a Security Seller, you will serve as the primary seller for AWS Security opportunities driving executive-level CISO relationships as well as identifying AI Security demand across the SDLC, owning the end-to-end security pipeline within your territory.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline Development
• Proactively identify, generate, and own new security opportunities across assigned North America territories; this is a hunter role, not reactive support
• Execute targeted sales plays across greenfield scenarios (e.g., customers architecting security for new AI applications on Bedrock) and brownfield scenarios (e.g., consolidation and cost optimization)
• Drive competitive displacement against incumbent security providers (e.g. Microsoft) leveraging AWS Security Hub momentum and the broader AWS security portfolio
• CISO Engagement
• Build and maintain independent, trusted relationships with CISOs and security buying centers
• Engage on board-level security concerns, including risk reduction, regulatory compliance, SOC productivity, total cost of ownership, and business continuity in complex cloud environments
• Position AWS as the strategic security platform partner, articulating how multiple AWS security services deliver centralized visibility, consistent policy enforcement, and streamlined operations
• Security Strategy
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of the AWS Security portfolio spanning Threat Detection, Data Protection, Governance, and Network and Application Protection
• Articulate competitive advantage over third-party security alternatives and position AWS-native security as a consolidation and cost-optimization
• Team Collaboration
• Collaborate with AMs, in a dual-coverage model where you lead security origination and strategy and the AMs lead account-level orchestration and commercial execution

Qualifications

• Experience in AI security, application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing
• 10+ years of enterprise technology sales experience, with a strong track record of quota attainment
• 7+ years of experience selling cybersecurity solutions, platforms, or services to large enterprise customers
• Proven ability to independently generate pipeline through outbound prospecting, whitespace analysis, and strategic account planning
• Experience navigating complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles in Fortune 500 / Global 2000 accounts
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of the cloud security landscape, including CSPM, CNAPP, SIEM/SOAR, identity management, data protection, and network security
• Experience with competitive displacement selling against established security vendors (e.g. Microsoft)
• Familiarity with AWS Security services and the broader AWS ecosystem
• Experience selling into regulated industries (e.g., Financial Services and Healthcare) where security and compliance are critical buying criteria
• Understanding of AI/ML security requirements and emerging security needs for generative AI workloads
• Track record of exceeding multi-million-dollar annual quotas in security or infrastructure software sales
• Relevant security certifications (CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security) are a plus
• MBA or advanced degree is a plus