Data Center Security Manager, DC Security - Compliance, FRA DC Security

Amazon Web Services offers a fast paced, fun, and exciting work environment. We continue to grow at an exponential rate and are looking for talented, bright, and driven individuals with a desire for professional growth and continuous learning experiences..

For our data centers in the Frankfurt area (“FRA Cluster”) we are looking for a Data Center Security Compliance Manager (CSC) to ensure our facilities are built and comply to our policies and standards.

Under the direct leadership of the Cluster Security Manager, or other appointed manager, the CSC ensures the physical security posture of the sites is delivered and handed over to the DC Security operations team.
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 customers 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.

Key job responsibilities
Supports the on-site Data Centre Security Manager (DSM) and Security Program Manager (SPM) to achieve right first time project deliver in line with the current standards and policies in force.

Inspect and insure that security standards and policies are adhered to at all stages in the delivery of a new facility.

Identify non compliance areas and work with the owning teams to address prior to handoff to DC security operations.

Identify, monitor any non compliance issues and drive with Data Centre Security Manager (DSM) and Security Program Manager (SPM) to closure prior to project handover, using internal tools and system to track and escalate.

Provide guidance to construction and other delivery teams on security standards and policies.

Collaborates and coordinates with the Security Operation Center (SOC), Data Centre Security Manager (DSM) and Security Program Manager (SPM) during project delivery and hand-offs.

Creates and constantly improves procedures, processes and workflows using data and metrics to identify issues and areas of improvements.

Develops specific knowledge of the various operational process paths within the Data Center to identify security vulnerabilities.

Perform various security inspections, audits and investigations as required and as instructed.


A day in the life
As a Data Centre Security Manager, your day revolves around keeping new facilities build on track to meet security standards before handover. You do site walks site walk, logging non-compliance issues and notifying owning teams immediately. You join construction project calls alongside the DSM and SPM, driving open items to resolution with clear deadlines. You escalate risks using internal tools, and conduct scheduled audits. You close the day updating the compliance tracker and close the week managing up projects status. Every action targets one goal — right first time delivery, no exceptions.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
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Basic Qualifications

- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience working on physical security design and implementation of Access Control/Intrusion Detection and CCTV Surveillance systems
- 5+ years of experience within a similar role in the public or private security industry. Operating, auditing and inspecting physical security systems and physical security operations during build, launch and operation.
- Proven ability to work independently and to a high standard.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with project management
- Experience working with data analytics and using these metrics to identify problems, or experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround
- Certification in a range of security technical systems.
- Background in security operations, security compliance and auditing to defined standards.
- Strong communication skills, detailed orientated and able to foster collaborative result driven outcomes.

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