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Associate Corporate Counsel, AWS Legal

Seattle, WAOnsiteFull Time$131,500–$178,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Juris Doctor
  • state bar
  • AWS Legal
  • security assurance
  • compliance strategy
  • cybersecurity
  • commercial audits
  • compliance assessment
  • risk management

Nice to have

  • private practice
  • in house
  • technology company
  • internet industry
  • software industry
  • media industry

Role summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an Associate Corporate Counsel to support its security assurance and compliance strategy. This role will provide legal counsel on cutting-edge regulatory issues, cybersecurity, commercial audits, compliance assessment programs, and risk management functions within the dynamic cloud computing industry. The attorney will develop creative, business-centric strategies to address legal risks while allowing business flexibility. This position offers high visibility across the company and senior leadership, working closely with engineers and service teams.

Amazon's Legal Department is looking for a talented attorney to support our security assurance and compliance strategy. The role will primarily support Amazon Web Services, a dynamic and rapidly growing business within Amazon.com. Amazon Web Services is at the forefront of the cloud computing service industry, providing IT infrastructure services, such as on-demand compute, storage, database, network and content delivery, artificial intelligence, mobile, and internet of things services, and more.

You'll be an integral part of the AWS Security team you support, giving input on business and strategy, in addition to providing legal counsel on a range of cutting-edge regulatory issues and operations related to cloud services, including those related to cybersecurity. You will also support our commercial and customer audits, compliance assessment programs, and risk management functions. You will develop strategies for handling legal issues in creative, business-centric ways and you will build processes that address risk and allow the business flexibility and freedom to move quickly. Finally, you’ll get to work with engineers and service teams across AWS, learning about the services we build and customers we support, with great visibility across the company and senior leaders.
Basic Qualifications: - 2+ years of post bar admission legal experience
- Juris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in private practice or in house experience at a technology company or equivalent
- Experience in legal and regulatory environment of internet, software, and media industries
- Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure, outsourcing, telecommunications, cloud computing services or equivalent

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

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.



USA, WA, Seattle - 131,500.00 - 178,000.00 USD annually
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