Facility Security Manager, Data Centre Security

Expertise in physical security systems to include facility security installations, surveillance systems, and electronic access control systems.
- Demonstrated track record of growth and increasing responsibility that require maturity, judgment, negotiation, analytics, and influence skills.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively employ a third-party guard force in a dynamic operating environment.

The AWS Data Centre Communities organization manages the data centre facilities and equipment that power Amazon Web Services. Safety of our employees, the security of our customers’ data, and the flawless operations of our infrastructure are our top priorities. We are looking for a Facility Security Manager for our private cloud infrastructure in Australia. We need someone with experience managing security of large critical installations, ideally data centres; and who can set strategy, manage budgets, lead projects, and drive improvements in our security practices and operations.
You’ll be responsible for oversight of uniformed security officers, and management of the day-to-day security operations. You’ll be responsible for working with our customers and Amazon teams to develop new processes, deploy new technology, and continuously improve security of our operations. You’ll be responsible for developing, tracking, and driving our key security metrics, including program reviews and testing our security controls. You’ll oversee the work of vendors, contractors, and Amazon employees, to ensure our security requirements are met. As a leader in private cloud security, you will engage with senior leadership across AWS and our customers, including writing and presenting documents on your ideas, operational procedures, and results.
Key job responsibilities
This role requires the ability to adapt to a dynamic operational environment, driven by changing customer requirements, build schedule changes, security vendor commitments, and evolving security threats. The incumbent must be able to work at pace and adjusting priorities, while relying on established knowledge and experience in the cleared security space. Must have the ability to interact with customers and meet short notice customer driven deadlines.
- Responsible for providing comprehensive program security guidance concerning personnel, physical, operational, technical, industrial, counterintelligence, and media management.
- Create, implement, communicate, and manage security requirements at a large, government accredited sites, while providing day-to-day multi-discipline program security operations support.
- Draft and review security documentation to include transportation plans, procedures, and CONOPs.
- Proactively identify program and physical security requirements, problems, and sound solutions to successfully sustain and enhance the security of program execution.
- Perform and/or support the operations and maintenance of security hardware and systems employed onsite to meet government and AWS requirements.
- Develop and strengthen relationships with internal (operations staff, engineers, teammates, etc.) and external (vendors, contractors etc.) partners to heighten security awareness and engagement.
- Direct and manage onsite security forces to run daily security operations.
- Manage the classified material program to ensure procedures are developed and operated in accordance with internal and customer security policies and practices.
- Experience with workflow ticketing and extraction of performance metrics.
- Must be willing to share on-call rotations in support of alarms, security incidents, escalations and critical service outages.
- Provide after-hours on-call management support and participate in emergent, large scale event response when needed.
- Participate in re-occurring security audits and reviews.
- Executes established compliance processes with AWS policies, standards, guidelines and relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
- Manage the security P&L for assigned site(s), assist management with financial analysis and contribute to financial decisions for security requirements.
- Must be able to travel between local facilities.

A day in the life
The incumbent ensures the data centre security mission succeeds by continuous coordinating with team stakeholders in Operations, HR, Logistics, Design and Engineering, and Construction, to ensure security services are synchronized with other business processes. You will promulgate clear guidance and direction to a team of contracted security officers, while ensuring they are resourced to support day-to-day activities in a high-tempo environment.
About the team
The team is comprised of security professionals with a cross section of national security, law enforcement, and private sector experience, providing a range of perspectives required for creative problem solving. We value diversity of thought, creativity, and a strong Bias for Action. We believe that there are no "perfect" security solutio