Data Center Security Specialist, DC Security Americas Southwest

Amazon • Sparks, NV

1d • $28 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Data Center Security Specialist to join their expanding Infrastructure Operations team. This role is responsible for driving operational security excellence in several separate facilities. The specialist will identify and fix physical security gaps, interface with and direct vendors for security construction, repairs, daily operations, and planning. They will extract metrics, observe improvements, suggest enhancements to electronic surveillance and access controls, and direct efforts to reduce false alarms. The position also involves writing and implementing security processes and procedures, and communicating the status of physical security operations to management through reports and presentations.

Requirements

• 2+ years of overseeing security operations and working with security vendors/contractors experience
• 2+ years experience in security roles, preferably in a large footprint / campus model or similar environment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of law enforcement or security-related experience
• 2+ years of leadership experience
• 2+ years Security experience or equivalent (demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education)

Responsibilities

• Drive operational security excellence in multiple facilities.
• Discover and immediately fix physical security gaps and shortcomings.
• Interface and direct vendors involved in new security construction, repairs, daily security operations and patrols, and planning.
• Extract metrics and observe improvements by looking at hard data.
• Make suggestions on improving electronic surveillance and access controls.
• Direct efforts to educate data center occupants on false alarm reductions.
• Write and implement security process and procedures.
• Write reports, create presentations and communicate with management on the status of physical security operations.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree