Data Center Security Manager

Google; Jasper (AL); On-site; USD 116,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Data Center Security Manager to lead security programs for a data center campus in Reno, NV. You will manage security, risk management, and compliance across facilities, coordinate incident response, and guide investigations.

You will influence cross-team efforts and contribute to Google’s cultural pillars while ensuring secure and efficient operations. Responsibilities include managing guard contracts, after-hours response, TVRA assessments, and CSRM-aligned processes;

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in managing, sourcing, or procuring business resources and vendors.
• Experience in physical security, risk management, leadership, and compliance policies.
• Experience coordinating or leading security operations and risk programs.

Responsibilities

• Manage the compliance, security, and risk management program at the Data Center campus or related infrastructure, including managing site security incidents, escalations, guard contract management, and all other physical security-related issues.
• Provide after-hours on-call management support and act as the primary point of contact in emergent, event response, or crisis management when needed.
• Execute investigations related to Code of Conduct and other business violations including worker injuries and security incident investigations, and perform straightforward Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessments (TVRA).
• Implement established compliance processes aligned with CSRM policies, standards, guidelines, and relevant legal or regulatory requirements.
• Manage security-related costs through budget, forecasting, and invoice control for the assigned campus and assist management with financial analysis and input to financial decisions for security requirements.

Skills

Vendor management

Physical security

Risk management

Leadership

Compliance policies

Incident management

Security operations

Data center tech

Job description

Data Center Security Manager

Location: Reno, NV, USA

Experience Level: Mid

This role is not eligible for U.S. immigration sponsorship.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of experience managing, sourcing, or procuring business resources and vendors.
• Experience in physical security, risk management, leadership, and compliance policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4 years of experience developing and deploying processes to mitigate risk.
• 2 years of experience coordinating or leading security, and experience planning security operations or strategy for security programs.
• 2 years of experience managing incidents and crises.
• 2 years of experience with data center technologies, infrastructure, and methodologies.

About the Job

As a Data Center Security Manager, you deliver full pieces of a project and make significant contributions with minimal guidance. You use your knowledge of security technology, data analysis, and data visualization to plan efforts of a team responsible for small to medium-sized initiatives by delivering value-added perspectives and influencing project direction. You contribute to cross-team collaborations, identify and recommend multiple creative ways to solve defined problems. You also demonstrate the behaviors expected of all Googlers as captured in Google’s cultural pillars and engage in community contributions to improve and sustain our culture and operations, making Google a better place to work.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US Salary

$116,000 – $167,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Manage the compliance, security, and risk management program at the Data Center campus or related infrastructure, including managing site security incidents, escalations, guard contract management, and all other physical security-related issues.
• Provide after-hours on-call management support and act as the primary point of contact in emergent, event response, or crisis management when needed.
• Execute investigations related to Code of Conduct and other business violations including worker injuries and security incident investigations, and perform straightforward Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk Assessments (TVRA).
• Implement established compliance processes aligned with Compliance, Strategy, and Risk Management (CSRM) policies, standards, guidelines, and relevant legal or regulatory requirements.
• Manage security-related costs through budget, forecasting, and invoice control for the assigned campus and assist management with financial analysis and input to financial decisions for security requirements.

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