Data Center Security Specialist - UAE National Only, Infrastructure Physical Security

Data Center Security Specialist - UAE National Only, Infrastructure Physical Security

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AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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.

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.

AWS Infrastructure Physical Security Team is looking for a Data Center Security Specialist with experience working in critical infrastructure installations. The role requires a UAE national with a family book.

Key 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

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Basic Qualifications

• UAE National with family book
• Experience overseeing security operations
• Project management experience
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools
• Experience working with security vendors and contractors, creating process improvement procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's 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, experience writing detailed reports, overseeing security vendors that provide guards and electronic security systems
• 2+ years of experience creating and implementing emergency planning programs, physical security countermeasures, root cause analysis experience, 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

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