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Associate Physical Security Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering

Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America

$96,600 - $160,000 Full-time Associate

Lead physical security designs for data center projects, including cameras, access control, intrusion detection, fences, and gates, in collaboration with senior engineers and other AWS teams. Develop and maintain design standards and specifications, communicate designs to stakeholders, review consultants’ work, manage multiple projects, and travel for site assessments and construction reviews.

Responsibilities

  • Lead physical security designs for data center projects, including cameras, access control, intrusion detection, fences, and gates, in collaboration with senior engineers and other AWS teams. Develop and maintain design standards and specifications, communicate designs to stakeholders, review consultants’ work, manage multiple projects, and travel for site assessments and construction reviews.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required, along with NETA or ASHRAE certification or commissioning-specific education, knowledge of critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment, and Microsoft Office proficiency. Experience with mission-critical facilities—especially data centers—is required; knowledge of regional building codes, commercial or industrial power or mechanical systems, and design deployment is preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Prescription Coverage
  • Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Mental Health Support
  • Medical Advice Line
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Paid Time Off
  • Parental Leave
  • Sign-On Payments
  • Restricted Stock Units

Key Skills

Physical security design Access control systems CCTV camera design Intrusion detection Perimeter fencing Security gate design Electrical engineering NETA certification ASHRAE certification Microsoft Office Project management Stakeholder communication Construction review Site assessment Data center mechanical knowledge Data center electrical knowledge Risk assessment Security standards compliance Collaboration with senior engineers Travel coordination

About Amazon Web Services (aws)

Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon's expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.

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