Physical Security Manager , QRO DC Security

As a Data-center Security Manager you will be tasked with driving operational security excellence in one Datacenter facility. 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 facility occupants on relevant security subjects. 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

Key job responsibilities
• Ability to walk a facility and observe security gaps in physical barriers, security officer procedure, policies, surveillance equipment, and alarm points

• Drive campaigns to reduce nuisance alarms

• Experience with workflow ticketing and extraction of performance metrics

• Investigate accidents, thefts, disturbances, discrepancies

• Oversee physical security sub contractors that provide guards, electronic security systems, door construction, door repair, fencing, and access controls

• Oversee security construction projects

• Teach others the proper security processes and methods


A day in the life
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Basic Qualifications

- 2+ years of overseeing security operations and working with security vendors/contractors experience
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience overseeing security operations and working with security vendors/contractors
- Experience developing operational processes and technologies

Preferred Qualifications

- Security Certifications such as CPP, PSP, CPO are a plus.

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