Physical Security Architect, Data Center Design Engineering

About the role

Physical Security Architect, Data Center Design Engineering - Amazon Web Services, Sydney, Australia

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS 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.

AWS Design Engineering team is looking for a highly talented and motivated Physical Security Architect/Engineer to work with our enterprise data centre design team, designing the data centres of tomorrow to maximize the effectiveness of the physical security program. The duties include extra-low voltage system design and engineering, working with the data centre architectural and engineering team to assure security best practices are observed, drafting new systems into the design teams build plans, and coordinating with regional and local physical security leaders to understand the new building and security system designs.

Key job responsibilities:

• Design and engineer low voltage security systems
• Using Blue Beam and other drafting technologies to work in collaboration with the design teams to produce designs in Revit/CAD
• Creation of specifications and scope of work documentation template for local project managers to use for vendor bids
• Provide technical and design support for local physical security teams
• Coordinating with all the other disciplines in the design process of a new building (architectural, mechanical, electrical, civil, IT)
• Supervise and approve all designs deliverables developed by the local physical security team for projects at each milestones of a project
• Analyze, accept or reject alternate designs and mitigation measures developed by the local physical security teams when the standard design can't be applied
• Act as a subject matter expert to support implementation of new technologies
• Work regionally but also support the global PSA team to ensure alignment on decisions and standards
• Interpretation of Risk Assessments and Threat Analysis and AWS Physical Security Standards to assure the proper security technologies are selected

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Professional Engineer License
• Experience with building codes and regulations for your region
• Experience carrying design concepts through exploration, development, and into deployment
• Experience reading, interpreting, and creating construction drawings, specifications, and submittal documents