Sr. Physical Security Engineer; GovCloud), Data Center Design Engineering

Position: Sr. Physical Security Engineer (GovCloud), Data Center Design Engineering

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Sr. Physical Security Engineer (Gov Cloud), Data Center Design Engineering

This is an exciting opportunity to use the latest cloud computing technologies to help U.S. Government agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems. AWS established a specialized group of service teams responsible for the work we are doing with the U.S. Intelligence Community. We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world, and we need adaptable people to help us implement and operate them.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support AWS public sector 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. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting secure facility design — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of design engineers across multiple disciplines and industrial security experts. 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. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen. Upon application you will be asked qualifying questions that will be used to determine your qualifications for this role.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Senior Physical Security Engineer to join its data center design team. Position is available for any of the following locations:

• Seattle, Washington
• Herndon, Virginia
• Columbus, Ohio
• Austin, Texas

As a Senior Physical Security Engineer at AWS, you will lead security designs for Amazon Dedicated Cloud (Gov Cloud) Data Centers (DC) throughout our Americas Region. Senior Physical Security Engineers at AWS work to design and implement security measures to protect high security, , resilient, cost-effective Data Center (DC) facilities. You will lead security designs to meet our intelligence customer base and AWS global DC physical security standards to ensure compliance with government regulations and security standards (e.g., Intelligence Community Directive 705).

You will ensure perimeter hardening measures, acoustic security standards, electronic access control systems, UL2050 intrusion detection systems, and electronic emanations security standards are included in facility designs. You will lead a highly creative and efficient design team comprised of Architects, Engineers, and Designers tasked with solving problems and challenging the status quo. As an industrial security design subject matter expert, you will provide technical guidance, have a direct impact on the design of DC facilities, solve large-scale implementation issues, and be responsible for developing and communicating security design requirements to internal and external project partners.

As a Senior Physical Security Engineer, you will work directly with other AWS Industrial Security Teams, AWS Security Operations Teams, and other partners to collaborate in the real-world application of physical security principles throughout AWS. You will review and be very knowledgeable of new technologies and industrial security measures for possible application to the existing facility designs in order to enhance the security posture across AWS.

You should have a working knowledge of sensitive compartmented information physical security principles detailed in Intelligence Community Directive 705 and how they…