The Amazon Security Recruiting team is seeking a talented, customer-focused sourcing recruiter with a passion for delighting clients and candidates to join our global recruiting organization. Amazon Security's dedicated talent acquisition team plays a crucial role in identifying and attracting top security professionals across all domains. These talent acquisition specialists partner closely with security leaders to understand technical and operational requirements, driving candidate generation strategies and maintaining high hiring standards. The Amazon Security organization emphasizes a shared responsibility model, with security teams working in a distributed yet coordinated manner while maintaining centralized governance. Through continuous monitoring, automation, and regular security assessments, Amazon maintains robust protection across its diverse ecosystem. This structure, supported by strategic talent acquisition efforts, enables Amazon to scale its security operations effectively while adapting to evolving threats, ultimately protecting customers, employees, and assets through integrated security programs and technologies.
Successful sourcers on this team utilize their experience in setting benchmarks, forecasting and tracking against metrics, and prioritizing to hit customer SLAs. They thrive in an innovative, fast-paced environment, can roll up their sleeves, work hard, and have fun to get the job done. They draw on extensive knowledge of Talent Acquisition and functional areas of the business, forging dynamic relationships with business leaders and hiring managers.
Key job responsibilities
• Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing and assessment approaches, managing customer expectations through deep ROI understanding
• Recruit passive candidates with focus on cultural fit and motivation assessment
• Build and maintain candidate networks through proactive market research and relationship management
• Recommend and implement strategic recruitment initiatives aligned with Amazon's mission
• Develop and execute structured recruitment plans with clear deliverables and timelines
• Screen and interview candidates to create ideal candidate slates within consistent timelines
• Participate in special projects to enhance recruiting practices and identify top talent
About the team
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.
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.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training and 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, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
