Senior Physical Security Systems Engineer - Data Centers

Anthropic; United States; Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation

Job summary

Anthropic seeks a Data Center Security Engineer to design and specify physical security systems for data center footprints, including perimeter barriers, intrusion detection, video, lighting, and penetrations. You will write performance requirements, verify designs, and coordinate with vendors, design teams, and real estate partners.

This foundational role involves owning the security reference design package, setting site-specific technical positions, and conducting field testing and

Qualifications

• Design or specify physical security systems for campus-scale sites.
• Write testable performance requirements and verification methods.
• Read and produce construction documents (site plans, drawings, schedules).
• Run commissioning and acceptance tests against performance criteria.

Responsibilities

• Produce a vendor-ready design package for barriers, detection, video, lighting and schedules.
• Define per-site engineering basis with risk-based requirements and compensating controls.
• Write acceptance criteria and test methods to prove compliance.
• Set standoff, structural hardening, and site layout criteria aligned to threat basis.
• Field-verify installations and ensure they meet performance criteria.
• Own control room acceptance criteria and verify delivered systems.

Skills

Perimeter security design

AutoCAD / Revit / Bluebeam

Performance requirements writing

Commissioning & acceptance testing

Threat-based design

Vendor coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Job description

Anthropic seeks a Data Center Security Engineer to design and specify physical security systems for data center footprints, including perimeter barriers, intrusion detection, video, lighting, and penetrations. You will write performance requirements, verify designs, and coordinate with vendors, design teams, and real estate partners.

This foundational role involves owning the security reference design package, setting site-specific technical positions, and conducting field testing and