Description
AWS’ Infrastructure Physical Security Team is looking for a Data Center Security Specialist with experience working in critical infrastructure installations, available for a UAE national with family book. AWS are committed to contributing towards the UAE’s goal of employing 75,000 Emiratis in the private sector and Ministerial Resolution No.279.
As a Data Center Security Specialist you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in a control room setting or in several facilities located within a short driving distance. Your vigilance will drive a culture of quality and support proactive identification of physical security vulnerabilities for remediation. You will interface and direct security vendors involved in new security construction, repairs, daily security operations, patrols, and planning. You will extract metrics and observe improvements by looking at hard data available. You will advise and recommend security systems improvements and design and will lead security awareness training for data center occupants. You will write and implement security procedures and directorates, reports, develop presentations, and advise leadership on the status of physical security operations.
Key job responsibilities
Help lead daily operational security as part of a security operations team across multiple facilities
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
Oversee physical security vendors that provide guards, electronic security systems, door construction/repair, fencing, and access controls
Distill overarching security strategy into daily tactics to reach management goals
Oversee security construction projects
Provide security awareness training to data center personnel
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
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Abu Dhabi, ARE | Dubai, ARE
Basic Qualifications
Experience overseeing security operations
Experience Project Management experience
Experience with Microsoft Office tools
Experience in working with security vendors and contractors
Experience creating process improvement procedure
UAE National with family book
Preferred Qualifications
Associates degree or higher and/or equivalent professional experience in corporate or government security environment
2+ years of experience with excellent verbal and written communications skills in a professional work setting
2+ years of experience writing detailed reports
2+ years of overseeing security vendors that provide guards and electronic security systems
2+ years of experience creating and implementing emergency planning programs, physical security countermeasures
2+ years of root-cause analysis experience
2+ years of experience creating and implementing emergency planning programs and physical security countermeasures
Familiarity with security program automation and implementation
Familiarity with various Access/Intrusion Control Systems
Ability to interpret program objectives, develop project schedules and manage adherence to established timetables
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals regarding physical security standards and system designs