AWS Security Risk Manager

Location: HOUSTON

JOB REQUISITION

AWS Security Risk Manager

LOCATION

HOUSTON

ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)

ATLANTA - PEACHTREE RD, AUSTIN, CHARLOTTE, CHICAGO, DALLAS, DENVER, MIAMI, ORLANDO, PHILADELPHIA, PHOENIX, TAMPA

You Belong Here

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Where We Need You

Protiviti is looking for an AWS Security Risk Manager to join our growing Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering team. You will help clients identify, assess, and manage security risks while enabling secure cloud adoption, modernization, and transformation.

What You Can Expect

As a Manager, you will partner with clients to translate complex business and data requirements into practical AWS Security solutions. You will also develop trusted client relationships, mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants, contribute to proposals, and help expand Protiviti’s AWS data engineering capabilities.

What Will Help You Be Successful

• You enjoy solving complex cmplex AWS security, risk, governance, compliance, and remediation engagements.
• You can balance hands-on technical depth with project leadership, client advisory, and team development.
• You are comfortable working with ambiguous requirements and messy enterprise data.
• You communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, business stakeholders, and executives.
• You promote a positive team culture with accountability, collaboration, and open communication.
• You are motivated to learn and stay current with AWS security trends and services.
• You can identify practical opportunities to improve data reliability, accessibility, performance, and cost.
• Do Your Talents Include the Following?

Skills Required

• 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; can 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.

Your Educational and Professional 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

Our Hybrid Workplace

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.

$125,000.00 - $200,000.00

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

12%

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$140,000.00 - $224,000.00

Employees are eligible for 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, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.

Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.

Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran

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JOB LOCATION

TX PRO HOUSTON

Additional Locations: ATLANTA - PEACHTREE RD, CHICAGO, ORLANDO, AUSTIN, MIAMI, DENVER, PHILADELPHIA, TAMPA, PHOENIX, DALLAS, CHARLOTTE