Data Center Security Specialist, DC Security AMER East, DC Security AMER East

Amazon•Manassas, VA

About The Position

As a Data Center Security Manager (individual contributor) you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in several separate facilities located within a short driving distance. Your constant vigilance will discover physical security gaps and shortcomings, which you will drive to fix immediately. You will interface and direct vendors involved in new security construction, repairs, daily security operations and patrols, and planning. You will extract metrics and observe improvements by looking at hard data. You will make suggestions on improving electronic surveillance and access controls. You will direct efforts to educate data center occupants on false alarm reductions. You will write and implement security process and procedures. Your position will require you to write reports, create presentations and communicate with management on the status of physical security operations. AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Requirements

Experience with access control and CCTV systems
6+ months' experience in security roles, preferably in a data center or similar environment.
Additional education or training in security-related fields is a plus.

Nice To Haves

College Degree (Bachelors) or Background in one or more of: Military (Career/Military Police/Military Special Operations Forces), Law Enforcement with Arrest Authority (Police Academy Graduate), TSA Security Screening, Correctional Facility Officer
2+ years Security experience or equivalent (demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education)
1+ year Leadership experience

Responsibilities

Driving operational security excellence in several separate facilities located within a short driving distance.
Discovering physical security gaps and shortcomings, which you will drive to fix immediately.
Interfacing and directing vendors involved in new security construction, repairs, daily security operations and patrols, and planning.
Extracting metrics and observe improvements by looking at hard data.
Making suggestions on improving electronic surveillance and access controls.
Directing efforts to educate data center occupants on false alarm reductions.
Writing and implementing security process and procedures.
Writing reports, create presentations and communicate with management on the status of physical security operations.