Vice President, Data Center Security Operations North America
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Job Location:
Denver, CO - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As FleetsVice President of Data Center Security Operations North America you will be responsible for building and leading all facets of data center security operations: lead and scale security operations across all data center campuses. This role will own security strategy and vendor service oversight for physical security access control monitoring and third party security providers. The VP will build a secure compliant and resilient environment. This protects assets people and customer workloads. The role partners with operations facilities engineering construction procurement and compliance teams to integrate security across the full data center lifecycle.
This role reports to the SVP Chief Security Officer and works closely with Data Center Operations Facilities Engineering Procurement Construction Compliance Finance and Customer Success. External partners include security vendors contractors auditors regulators and emergency agencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the enterprise wide security operations strategy for all data center sites. This includes physical security access control CCTV guard force and vendor security services emergency response and compliance.
- Manage vendor relationships and third party security service providers. Develop and enforce Service Level Agreements (SLAs) performance metrics contract terms and vendor compliance.
- Build lead and grow the security operations organization. Hire and develop staff and vendor management teams.
- Develop and implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) policies and protocols for security incident response access control and compliance. Align with ISO NIST and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee risk management threat assessments incident response and post incident reviews.
- Manage security budgets vendor contracts and vendor performance. Optimize cost effectiveness without reducing security.
- Collaborate with data center operations facilities engineering procurement construction and compliance to integrate security across build and operations.
- Report security metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to executive leadership.
- Stay ahead of evolving threats and technologies. Recommend and implement upgrades for access control surveillance biometrics and automation.
- Support business continuity disaster recovery and crisis management planning.
Key Metrics
- Security incident rate and severity
- Vendor SLA compliance
- Audit and compliance pass rates
- Incident response and resolution times
- Security budget adherence
- Vendor cost efficiency
- Security related downtime events
- Staff and vendor retention and training compliance
Basic Qualifications:
- 10 years of experience in security operations or physical security leadership
- 5 years in a senior or executive role
- 10 years of experience managing vendor relationships and third party security service providers
- 10 years of experience in ISO NIST safety and compliance frameworks
- 10 years of experience creating and executing security policies SOPs and incident response plans.
- 10 years of experience in leadership roles building teams.
- 10 years of experience communicating with executives vendors customers and regulators
- 7 years of experience in data center environments and how security fits into mission critical operations.
- 7 years of experience in financial management for budgets and vendor contracts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with vendor-managed security services or guard force oversight
- PSP CPP CISSP or similar credential.
- Experience with compliance audits and physical security design for data centers.
- Experience with Crisis Management
Expected Salary Range: Base salary up to $300000 plus annual bonus
Travel: Up to 50% travel to sites and in-person team meetings.
Fleet Data Center employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including 100% employer-covered medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program standard paid holidays and unlimited PTO.
Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the organizations ongoing needs. Fleet Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or veteran status. If you need assistance applying for any of our open positions please contact us at
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Only candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship will be considered.
Required Experience:
Exec
Key Skills
- Economics
- Internal Audit
- SQL
- Risk Management
- Compliance
- Leadership skills
- Oversight
- Business partner
- AVP
- Requlatory agencies
- Finance
- Accounting
- Potifolio
- Project Management
- Operational Risk
About Company
Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with t ... View more
