AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) serves customers and developers who rely on storage, compute, and our other service capabilities. Our customers trust us to handle their data with air-tight security measures, which is something that we guarantee.
We are looking for a Data Center Security Specialist to join our Control Center team. The Data Center Security Specialist role may encompass oversight of contract employee deliverables and collaboration with Security Managers in order to devise security strategies, achieve financial targets, and to improve the overall operational security within our Data Centers. They will report to the NTE Security Ops Regional Mgr.
This position will be based in a control room environment and following a shift rotation schedule
Key job responsibilities
Interface with and assist in mobilizing vendors involved in system repairs
• Provide access control management support to internal and external customers.
• Observe and report physical security system anomalies.
• Observe and report security incidents and policy breaches.
• Coordinate the activities of a professional contract guard force
• Oversee individual security vendor deliverables, track service delivery and request corrective actions from vendors as needed
• Foster working relationships to educate stakeholders on alarm reductions.
• Extract security metrics, observe and drive improvements through the analysis of data
• Verify Data Center security programs are delivered to meet defined global security standards
• Draft reports and prepare presentations on the status of physical security operations
• Collaborate with security managers in writing and implementing security processes and procedures
• Serve as a customer advocate by identifying security-related opportunities and crafting innovative solutions that maintain high security standards
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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Bachelor's Degree Experience of working in standards-based professional work environment.
Basic knowledge of physical security operations in access control.
Read, write, and speak business level English language
Good report writing skills
1+ years of incident response & management experience .
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