Data Center Security Specialist, DC Security, AMER East

About the position

Amazon Web Services (AWS) serves customers and developers who rely on storage,

compute, and our other service capabilities. Our customers trust us to handle

their data with air-tight security measures, which is something that we

guarantee.

We are looking for a Data Center Security Specialist (Individual Contributor) to

join our expanding Data Center Operations team. Our ideal candidate is

detail-oriented, innovative, and professional. They have a passion for

delighting customers, teamwork, and continuous improvement. The Data Center

Security Specialist role encompasses oversight of contract employee deliverables

and collaboration with Data Center Specialists in order to devise security

strategies, achieve financial targets, and to improve the overall operational

security within our Data Centers. They will report to the Cluster Security

Manager responsible for their Data Center Campus.

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.

AWS 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

• 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.

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

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