ADC Security Program Manager, Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security Program Management Team

Description

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 including the international public sector community.

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, a logistics warehouse, data center expansions, and special security programs and projects.

You will be an individual contributor 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, security installation and sustainment contracts, and other security documents for submittal to the public sector customer. 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 will be willing and able to work autonomously with minimal guidance or supervision, build relationships across peer teams, stakeholders, and partner organizations, and influence cooperation without authority to achieve program and project progress and completion. The candidate will bring in‑depth knowledge of electronic and physical security system capabilities, solve ambiguous problems, proactively identify existing or imminent security vulnerabilities, and apply mitigation strategies to reduce overall risk.

The candidate will communicate effectively with stakeholder audiences, participate in meetings internally and with the customer, and support the Manager in AWS external engagements.

Travel: 25% daytime travel within the San Antonio, Texas area and occasional travel across the United States.

Security Clearance:
Must be a US Citizen and obtain/maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance with a polygraph.

• 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 onboarding, 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 vendor service delivery performance, actual spend vs. budget variance, cost reduction goal attainment, post‑installation defect rates, and program analysis.
• Collaborate across teams to drive global, regional, and local security initiatives.
• Support Cluster Security Managers by providing physical security analysis and recommend program enhancements to maximize security of assigned locations.
• Travel to AWS facilities within a 10 mile radius throughout the San Antonio, Texas area.

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