Data Center Security Specialist, DC Security AMER East

About the role

AWS is growing rapidly, and we are looking for a Data Center Security Specialist to join our expanding Infrastructure Operations team. As a Data Center Security Specialist (individual contributor) you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in several separate facilities located within a short driving distance.

Responsibilities

• Discover physical security gaps and shortcomings, and drive them to fix immediately.
• 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.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of overseeing security operations and working with security vendors/contractors experience.
• 1+ years experience in security roles, preferably in a data center or similar environment.
• Additional education or training in security-related fields is a plus.