ADC Security Program Manager, Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security Program Management Team

Amazon•San Antonio, TX

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure Physical Security is seeking a highly talented and motivated Security Program Manager to join our team. AWS is the leading cloud provider, providing virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world to include the international public sector community. The role is responsible for overseeing physical security design and the installation of security features and systems including access control, intrusion detection, camera surveillance, passive and active barriers, and other security features and capabilities consistent with AWS security standards and public sector contract requirements. This role will perform security program management in support of new data centers, a logistics warehouse, data center expansions, and special security programs and projects. You will be an individual contributor and will work directly with the Cluster Security Managers (CSMs), the Data Center Engineering Operations Team, and other customers, both internal and external, to integrate business and operations requirements into long-term physical security design and implementation. You will work with limited guidance to support the design and deployment of physical security packages and security program enhancements for AWS data centers and supporting facilities. Additionally, you will work across multiple teams and serve as the subject matter expert to author security design, security installation and sustainment contracts, and other security documents for submittal to the public sector customer. You will lead projects and develop short-term solutions in the physical security program. You may influence and manage vendor contracts to ensure industry leading systems are deployed and sustained. The ideal candidate for the role will be willing and able to work autonomously with minimal guidance or supervision, to build relationships across peer teams, stakeholders, and partner organizations, at all levels, and to be able to influence cooperation without authority in order to achieve program and project progress and completion. You will have an in-depth knowledge of electronic security and physical security system capabilities and leverage that expertise to make the right decisions for physical security projects, site sustainment and deliver results on time and on budget. You are able to solve ambiguous problems, proactively identify existing or imminent security vulnerabilities, and apply mitigation strategies to reduce overall risk. You may be asked to use your knowledge to assess processes, program plans, and operations requirements to find security solutions or enhancements for routine and unique security requirements. Additionally, the candidate will work across multiple teams within an Amazon Security organization to influence external customers, system owners, and business leaders. The candidate will effectively communicate with stakeholder audiences in a single domain and actively participate in meetings both internally and with the customer to drive business and technical discussions and decisions. This candidate will support their Manager in AWS external engagements with the customer to coordinate physical security approvals. The role will involve 25% daytime travel within the Aurora, Colorado area for project management, site walks and and hand-off of completed projects to local security operations teams. This position requires the candidate to be a US Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance with a polygraph. Obtaining the required security clearance is a condition to maintain employment for this position.

Requirements

Associate's degree, or CISSP, CISA, CISM or other security certification
2+ years of program or project management experience
Knowledge of MS Excel, AutoCAD, MS Project, and software for technical document writing such as Visio, Word, or PowerPoint
5+ years working with physical security design and/or implementation of electronic security systems such as Access Control System, Intrusion Detection System, and CCTV Surveillance systems. Familiarity with security in depth strategies.
2+ years working in a regulated industry (Government, banking, health care) where facility physical security requirements were audited and inspected.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree or equivalent
Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents
Experience with any combination of the following: application security frameworks, identity and access controls, incident response, mobile security, cloud computing and security, AI security, threat intelligence, and penetration testing
PMP certification, or SCRUM/Agile, SAFe certification
1+ years of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, or US government security clearance of top secret or above
Certification with either/or Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), Physical Security Professional (PSP).

Responsibilities

Participate in physical security design and system installation for new data centers, data center expansions and special projects.
Provide physical security project lifecycle management including bid packages, specifications, drawings, code compliance, vendor management, budget, change orders, and close-out documentation.
Manage vendor on-boarding, Request For Proposal / Request For Quote bidding, contracting, contract execution, QA/QC, and support processes.
Effectively and accurately manage multi-million dollar security project budgets. Own and track the finance and budgeting process for security programs and projects.
Lead physical security team acceptance, sign-off, and operational readiness validation for high security facilities in conjunction with other AWS teams.
Reporting performance metrics such as physical security system installation vendor service delivery performance, actual spend vs. budget variance, cost reduction goal attainment, post installation defect rates, physical security program analysis, etc.
Collaborate across teams to drive global, regional, and local security initiatives.
Support Cluster Security Managers by providing physical security analysis and recommend program enhancements to maximize security of assigned locations.
This position requires frequent local travel to AWS facilities within a 10 mile radius throughout the San Antonio, Texas area.
This position requires occasional travel across the United States.