Job Description
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Job Summary
The Physical Security Enablement Senior Analyst is an experienced professional responsible for leading a diverse scope of security enablement projects and physical security issues within the data center
Responsibilities
Project Management

• Responsible for the coordination and completion of security projects, sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors, and summarizes progress of project
• Plans and coordinates project scheduling, budgeting, and administrative tasks
• Facilitates projects by conducting meetings, recording meeting minutes/action items, and performing basic follow-up
• Research and analyze data to evaluate operational difficulties and make recommendations to tackle problems
• Identifies, analyzes, and monitors issues that affect profitability, growth, and productivity
• Manage lists, libraries, and related workflow

Business Systems

• Provide authoritative level support across all Data Center Operations regions for security systems
• Implements changes across all Data Centers to achieve consistent security system solutions
• Contributes and maintains alignment with national and regional executive stakeholders in relation to security systems and policy, strategic direction, and future business objectives
• Supports Operational security functions, business process system solutions including specification standards, data integrity and exception handling
• Provide recommendations for improvement based on research including new tools, processes, and technologies
• Contributes to collection, analyzing and reporting to management on system operational metrics
• Provide process and system guidance to the security engineers and system administrators who install, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain the security systems for the organization
• Maintains currency of knowledge with respect to relevant innovative technology, equipment, and/or systems, including lifecycle analysis
• Recommends alterations to design, development, implementation, and analysis to improve quality of products, new technologies, and/or procedures
• Leads process improvement projects
• Leads multiple tasks within multi-functional projects
• Supports and provides input/guidance on design engineering and project planning on new and expansion of Data Centers

Process Engineering

• Serves as a content contributor for the security systems standards, design guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOP's)
• Collects recommendations/input from multi-functional groups to keep SOP's current
• Maintains sites security drawings and product data information
• Authors a variety of technical security documentation including procedures, articles, reports, and/or user manuals
• Adheres to publishing procedures to ensure all documentation is deployed according to established change control processes

Design Engineering

• Implements both existing and new design methods and standards for new Data Center design engineering efforts
• Recommends alterations to design, development, implementation, and analysis to improve quality of products, new technologies, procedures, and/or efficiencies
• Provides drawing reviews of both internal and cross-functional designs

Training

• Identifies training needs for stakeholders
• Contributes to identifying and developing training programs
• Lead Security Integrator training of newly deployed security systems

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of security systems including: Access Control, CCTV, Telecommunications and Data Centers required
• Must be a highly organized, self-motivated, and positive teammate with validated ability to provide effective oversight and systems management, development, and follow-up to prompt closure on security initiatives, plans and solutions
• Requires the ability to perform physical tasks as needed to complete special projects within a Data Center environment, such as access control and CCTV system installation and surveys; climbing ladders; bending and stretching during site inspections
• Must be able to work independently, make timely decisions, and manage multiple projects and priorities
• Ability to work in a supervisory role and lead the team on various operational projects
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and schematics
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and ability to use Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project & Smartsheet with proficiency
• Required to travel extensively across all Equinix operating sites for up to several weeks at a time as needed for installations, support, follow-ups, and training
• Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred

Education / Certifications / Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and a minimum of 4 years' experience in security systems maintenance, operations and vendor management field or 8 years' experience in the aforementioned
• Current certification with a major security systems manufacture; preferably Symmetry, Software House, or UTC Fire & Security
• Extensive experience with data center skills such as installing/moving equipment and large-scale cabling projects. Requires the ability to design and deploy integrated security systems including software, hardware, network infrastructure, cabling, and cable tray solutions