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

Amazon • Fredericksburg, VA

1d • $28 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Security Specialist to join their Infrastructure Operations team. This role is responsible for driving operational security excellence across multiple facilities. The specialist will identify and address physical security gaps, manage and direct vendors for security construction, repairs, and daily operations, and analyze data to observe improvements. They will also make recommendations for enhancing electronic surveillance and access controls, educate data center occupants on reducing false alarms, and develop and implement security processes and procedures. The position requires reporting, presentation creation, and communication with management regarding the status of physical security operations.

Requirements

• 2+ years of overseeing security operations and working with security vendors/contractors experience
• 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

• 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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level