Senior Security Program Manager
Amazon
Senior Security Program Manager
Amazon
Sells products online and rents cloud computing
We are seeking an experienced Security Program Manager to lead the deployment and integration of physical security systems across AWS datacenters. In this senior role, you will leverage your prior people management experience to align cross-functional teams - spanning design, construction, networking, and software engineering - ensuring that our physical security infrastructure is seamlessly integrated with our enterprise networks and software platforms.
You will mange the end-to-end lifecycle of these systems, from initial architectural design through to operational handoff. Partnering closely with engineering team, you will lead the technical implementation. This role requires a leader who excels in navigating complex technical integrations, driving pace, and delivering enterprise-scale results.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage the budget, and oversee the end-to-end design, implementation, and operational handoff of enterprise physical security systems across global datacenter clusters
- Lead cross-functional coordination with software, network engineering, and operations teams to field-test and integrate advanced security technologies
- Manage top-tier vendor relationships, negotiating contracts, establishing service level agreements, and overseeing the on-boarding, QA/QC, and overall service delivery performance for infrastructure security projects
- Standardize global security deployments to align with modular build speeds, driving initiatives like zero-touch provisioning and continuous process improvements to reduce per site effort and lower costs
- Proactively communicate program status, strategic direction, and risk mitigation plans to senior leadership and diverse stakeholders
- Leverage your people management background to mentor, and guide technical personnel and cross-functional project teams, fostering a high-performing and inclusive enviroenment
A day in the life
Your day-to-day focus is bridging the gap between physical security construction and software integration. You will partner directly with data center operations, hardware engineering, and software development teams to deploy security systems that keep pace with AWS's modular build schedules. Acting as the definitive project leader, you will orchestrate cross-functional technical resources, resolve complex deployment blockers, and guarantee that every layer of our defense-in-depth architecture is fully instrumented, measured, and operationalized to meet AWS's highest security standards.
About the team
The Infrastructure Security Team is accountable for ensuring that the foundation of AWS operates and scales securely. This team is responsible for the security of the hardware supply chain, AWS datacenters, and the AWS network. We build operational security solutions that are critical to the operations of AWS infrastructure, including identity management, security telemetry and threat analysis, hardware component validation, and ensuring third-party suppliers meet the AWS security bar.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, technology, design
- Experience working cross functionally with tech teams
- 7+ years of program or project experience, focusing on data center physical security, enterprise IT infrastructure, or complex system integrations.
- Experience managing people or directly leading technical teams (demonstrated capability in coaching, resource allocation, and driving team performance in a formal manager role
- Deep understanding of physical security standards, IP-based networking, and data center operations
- Ability to effectively coordinate, negotiate, and drive execution between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders
- Experience managing the deployment and cross-functional integration of enterprise physical security systems across multiple geographic locations
- Experience re-engineering and standardizing existing physical and logical security systems at an enterprise scale.
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Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.
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