Data Center Security Specialist – Southwest Ops

Amazon; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 38,572 - 68,880; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Security Specialist to join the AIS team near Sparks, NV. You will drive operational security across multiple facilities, identify gaps, and work with vendors on repairs, access controls, and surveillance.

You will write reports, present findings to management, and help educate occupants to reduce false alarms while developing security procedures and metrics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of overseeing security operations and working with security vendors/contractors.
• 2+ years experience in security roles, preferably in a large footprint / campus model or similar environment.

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.

Skills

Security operations

Security vendors

Leadership

Security experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent / 2+ years security experience

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Data Center Security Specialist to join the AIS team near Sparks, NV. You will drive operational security across multiple facilities, identify gaps, and work with vendors on repairs, access controls, and surveillance.

You will write reports, present findings to management, and help educate occupants to reduce false alarms while developing security procedures and metrics.