Description

AWS’ Infrastructure Physical Security Team is looking for a Data Center Security Specialist with experience working in critical infrastructure installations, ideally data centers.

As a Data Center Security Specialist you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in a control room setting or in several facilities located within a short driving distance. Your vigilance will drive a culture of quality and support proactive identification of physical security vulnerabilities for remediation. You will interface and direct security vendors involved in new security construction, repairs, daily security operations, patrols, and planning. You will extract metrics and observe improvements by looking at hard data available. You will advise and recommend security systems improvements and design and will lead security awareness training for data center occupants. You will write and implement security procedures and directorates, reports, develop presentations, and advise leadership on the status of physical security operations.

Key job responsibilities

• Help lead daily operational security as part of a security operations team across multiple facilities

• Drive security awareness campaigns aimed at enhancing security vigilance and effectiveness

• Experience with workflow ticketing and extraction development of performance metrics

• Lead security investigations across campus facilities

• Oversee physical security vendors that provide guards, electronic security systems, door construction/repair, fencing, and access controls

• Distill overarching security strategy into daily tactics to reach management goals

• Oversee security construction projects

• Provide security awareness training to data center personnel

• As this is a GovCloud region, the selected candidate requires US Citizenship or equivalent status

• May be tasked with working different work shifts consisting of Day, Mid or Evening/Overnight shifts.

About the team

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Boardman, OR, USA | Hermiston, OR, USA | Umatilla, OR, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience working in a standards-based professional work environment

• 1+ year of experience collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data to drive process and system improvement, and effect quality assurance

• 1+ year of experience with Microsoft Office tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Associates degree or higher and/or equivalent professional experience in corporate or government security environment

• 2+ years of experience with excellent verbal and written communications skills in a professional work setting

• 2+ years of experience writing detailed reports

• 2+ years of overseeing security vendors that provide guards and electronic security systems

• 2+ years of experience creating and implementing emergency planning programs, physical security countermeasures

• 2+ years of root-cause analysis experience

• 2+ years of experience creating and implementing emergency planning programs and physical security countermeasures

• Familiarity with security program automation and implementation

• Familiarity with various Access/Intrusion Control Systems

• Ability to interpret program objectives, develop project schedules and manage adherence to established timetables

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals regarding physical security standards and system designs

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.