Linden Priest
@lindenpriest
I lead enterprise security, identity governance, and infrastructure programs that reduce risk and improve operational resilience.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
At Amazon, I lead multi-year enterprise security, identity governance, and infrastructure programs that strengthen privacy, resilience, and compliance. I reduced PII access from more than 120,000 users to 3,500 and guided global policy changes across North America, Europe, the Far East, and China.
I've managed migrations, platform deprecations, observability integrations, and access-control rollouts at global scale. My work has remediated 93 security vulnerabilities, reduced incident MTTR by 45%, enabled failover capabilities across seven systems, and supported zero-downtime validation.
I bring 14 years of program leadership across GRC, federal task orders, Agile delivery, and stakeholder coordination. I'm PMP- and GSEC-certified, and I work closely with engineering, security leaders, KO/COR representatives, and agency stakeholders to deliver SOW-aligned outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Directed multi-year enterprise PII access governance program, reducing user access from 120K+ to 3.5K (97% drop). Spearheaded migration of 7 systems and 451+ users across datacenters, and architected phased global rollout framework for high-risk policy changes.
Influenced design of access management tooling and partnered with threat intelligence to analyze attack chains. Deployed automated risk assessment framework with 94-98% accuracy and steered global platform migration for 250k+ users.
Isolated and closed a critical governance gap that permitted 1,900 developers to self-grant PII access. Oversaw global compliance audit across 45 countries and purged 490 unauthorized permission grants.
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Amazon
Professional Experience, Project Management
Worked as a Technical Program Manager, Security Program Manager, and Program Coordinator at Amazon from 2016 to present.
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