Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure Physical Security is seeking a highly talented and motivated Security Program Manager to join our team. AWS is the leading cloud provider, providing virtualized infrastructure, storage, networking, messaging, and many other services to customers all over the world. The role is responsible for overseeing physical security design and the installation of security features and systems including Access Control, Intrusion Detection, Camera Surveillance, Passive and Active Barriers, and other security features and capabilities consistent with AWS security standards and public sector contract requirements. This role will perform security program management in support of new data centers, support facilities, data center expansions, and special security programs and projects.

You will be an individual contributor on a three-builder team and will work directly with the Cluster Security Managers (CSMs), the Data Center Engineering Operations Team, and other customers, both internal and external, to integrate business and operations requirements into long-term physical security design and implementation. You will work with limited guidance to support the design and deployment of physical security packages and security program enhancements for AWS data centers and supporting facilities. Additionally, you will work across multiple teams and serve as the subject matter expert to author security design, Concept of Operations (CONOPS), security installation and sustainment contracts, and other security documents for submittals. You will lead projects and develop short-term solutions in the physical security program. You may influence and manage vendor contracts to ensure industry leading systems are deployed and sustained.

The ideal candidate for the role has a deep understanding of Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC) physical security requirements and leverages that expertise to make the right decisions for physical security projects and site sustainment. The candidate will handle a difficult security problems and compliance program elements clearing blockers and escalating appropriately when unable to clear the blocker. The candidate will be comfortable identifying risks and asking the right question to the appropriate team to identify tradeoffs and suggesting recommendations and solutions. Additionally, the candidate will work across multiple teams within an Amazon Security organization to influence both internal and external customers, system owners, and business leaders. The candidate will effectively communicate with stakeholder audiences in a single domain and actively participate in meetings to drive business and technical discussions and decisions. This candidate will support their Manager in AWS engagements with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate physical security approvals.

Key job responsibilities
• Participate in physical security design and system installation for new data centers, data center expansions and special projects.

• Provide physical security project lifecycle management including bid packages, specifications, drawings, code compliance, vendor management, budget, change orders, and close-out documentation.

• Manage vendor on-boarding, Request For Proposal / Request For Quote bidding, contracting, contract execution, QA/QC, and support processes.

• Effectively and accurately manage multi-million dollar security project budgets. Own and track the finance and budgeting process for security programs and projects.

• Lead physical security team acceptance, sign-off, and operational readiness validation for high security facilities in conjunction with other AWS teams.

• Reporting performance metrics such as physical security system installation vendor service delivery performance, actual spend vs. budget variance, cost reduction goal attainment, post installation defect rates, physical security program analysis, etc.

• Collaborate across teams to drive global, regional, and local security initiatives.

• Support Cluster Security Program Manager Team Lead by providing physical security analysis and recommend program enhancements to maximize security of assigned locations.

• The role will involve some travel for project management and and hand-off of completed projects to local security operations teams.

• Hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see https://www.agsva.gov.au/applicants/eligibility-and-suitability)

A day in the life
This position is focused on physical security expertise only. Expertise in cyber, personnel, information technology, or other non-physical security disciplines is not translatable.