Data Center Physical Security Specialist AMER-W ASSET

AWS Infrastructure Physical Security Team is looking for a Data Center Security Specialist with experience working in critical infrastructure installations ideally data centers. As a Data Center Security Specialist you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in a control room setting. You will provide support to onsite security and other customers by completing security tasks via a chat/phone system. Your vigilance will drive a culture of quality support and proactive identification of physical security vulnerabilities for remediation. You will interface directly with customers from across the United States Canada Brazil and Mexico. You will extract metrics and observe improvements by looking at available data. You will write and implement security procedures and directives reports develop presentations and advise leadership on the status of physical security operations. The ideal candidate will be open to working nontraditional hours to support a 24x7 security operation.

Key job responsibilities
Support daily operations of Data Centers/ Colo environments by completing security task involving security systems and access control
Drive security awareness campaigns aimed at enhancing security vigilance and effectiveness
Experience with workflow ticketing and extraction development of performance metrics
Lead security investigations across campus facilities
As this is a GovCloud region the selected candidate requires US Citizenship or equivalent status
May be tasked with working different work shifts consisting of Day Mid or Evening/Overnight shifts.

About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

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1 year of experience working in a standardsbased professional work environment
1 year of experience collecting analyzing and utilizing data to drive process and system improvement and effect quality assurance
Familiarity with various Access/Intrusion control Systems

Associates degree or higher and/or equivalent professional experience in corporate or government security environment
2 years of working in a security related field with electronic security systems
2 years of rootcause analysis experience
Familiarity with security program automation and implementation
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and nontechnical individuals regarding p

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