Data Center Security Specialist, DC Security AMER East, DC Security AMER East

Key job responsibilities

As a Data Center Security Manager (individual contributor) you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in several separate facilities located within a short driving distance. Your constant vigilance will discover physical security gaps and shortcomings, which you will drive to fix immediately. You will interface and direct vendors involved in new security construction, repairs, daily security operations and patrols, and planning.

You will extract metrics and observe improvements by looking at hard data. You will make suggestions on improving electronic surveillance and access controls. You will direct efforts to educate data center occupants on false alarm reductions. You will write and implement security process and procedures. Your position will require you to write reports, create presentations and communicate with management on the status of physical security operations.

• Experience with access control and CCTV systems
• 6+ months’ experience in security roles, preferably in a data center or similar environment.
• Additional education or training in security-related fields is a plus.
• College Degree (Bachelors) or background in one or more of:
  Military (Career/Military Police/Military Special Operations Forces), Law Enforcement with Arrest Authority (Police Academy Graduate), TSA Security Screening, Correctional Facility Officer.
• 2+ years of Security experience or equivalent.
• 1+ year Leadership experience.

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