Data Center Physical Security Design Engineer

Amazon; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 117,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We design, plan, deliver, and operate AWS data centers, ensuring continuous access to services through secure and resilient facilities.

As a Physical Security Engineer, you will lead security designs for data centers across the Americas, collaborate with architects and engineers, and guide security design requirements with internal teams and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field.
• 7+ years of physical security engineering in industrial or commercial facilities.
• 2+ years in mission critical facilities including data centers, power generation, or oil/gas.
• Experience carrying security design concepts through exploration to deployment.
• Experience reading and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittals.
• ASIS PSP certification.
• CPTED certification.
• Experience in construction administration and commissioning.
• Experience working with third-party vendors and consultants.
• Knowledge of building codes and regulations for your region.

Responsibilities

• Lead designs (construction drawings and specifications) for physical security elements (cameras, access control, intrusion detection, fences, gates, etc.) for DC projects.
• Collaborate with other security organizations within AWS to develop design standards, evaluate cost, risk and benefits of designs, and facilitate design discussions.
• Communicate conceptual designs to internal stakeholders and external consultants.
• Participate in the maintenance of basis of design (BOD) documents, prototype design, and template specifications for physical security elements.
• Create security design scope of work for DC project RFPs.
• Review and direct the work of physical security engineering design consultants.
• Manage multiple fast-paced projects simultaneously.
• Travel for site assessments, internal design meetings, construction review, and interfacing with design consultants. Anticipated travel not to exceed 20%.

Skills

Security design

CPTED knowledge

Construction drawings interpretation

Vendor management

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related technical field

ASIS PSP certification

CPTED certification

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We design, plan, deliver, and operate AWS data centers, ensuring continuous access to services through secure and resilient facilities.

As a Physical Security Engineer, you will lead security designs for data centers across the Americas, collaborate with architects and engineers, and guide security design requirements with internal teams and external partners.