Datacenter Systems and Design Program Manager

Position: Data Center Systems and Design Program Manager Reports To: Director Security & Safety Operations Location: United States, VA (Ashburn, Sterling) or TX (Plano, Richardson) FLSA: Exempt Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 SUMMARY The Data Center Systems and Design Program Manager (DC-SDPM) is a professional who specializes in designing and implementing security systems and measures for our client’s global datacenter and managing the program. To accomplish this, they engage in the day-to-day project efforts, is responsible for the key project teams and dependency partners to deliver the security solution. The DC-SDPM must be capable of working on their own initiative to provide risk-based services for the deployment of datacenter security solutions and connected devices for our client. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, ensuring their satisfaction and trust. Clients’ needs are rapidly changing in this dynamic work environment, and it is essential the DC-SDPM maintains a flexible, logical, open minded, and adaptive approach. By combining your skills, creativity and customer focus you will support and ensure competitive technical solutions are deployed in line with our global standards and in the process deliver a world class service. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Project Intake Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and schedule. Develop a detailed project plan, including timelines, milestones, and resource requirements. Identify risks and establish risk management strategies to mitigate potential issues. Evaluate local partner capabilities. Provide cost estimates for new project planning (Project Expenditure Request Input). Provide risk-based consulting services for all projects. Using all available resources, undertake security risk assessment to identify vulnerability and threat prior to deciding on appropriate mitigation. Tender all security requirement packages and provide evaluated results back to stakeholders with recommendations, ensuring best value for the customer always. Program Leadership & Strategy Lead the security systems and design program, defining strategy, governance, and delivery frameworks. Develop a multi-year roadmap for security technology deployment and lifecycle management. Translate organizational security goals into actionable design and implementation plans. Collaborate with internal partners (Data Center Engineering, Construction, IT, Operations, and Compliance) to align security initiatives with business priorities. Provide visibility into program progress, risks, and outcomes through executive reporting and performance metrics. Project participation The DC‑SDPM should be part of all the project calls and have a dedicated security touch base call weekly. The DC‑SDPM should have an active tracker in their Smartsheet project or SharePoint on open security or dependency trade issues/deliverables. When not available, the consultant should ensure the security integrator can attend for security representation. Ensure all meeting minutes/action items are issued within one business day following meeting closure. Ensure compliance with Global Security Design Requirements (GSDR), General Data Protection Regulation Laws, Client’s standards, processes, cost, and quality is maintained throughout. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, ensuring their satisfaction and trust. As the DC‑SDPM for physical security ensure you maintain currency (working practices, risk, threat, regulatory, standards, technology) to ensure you can deliver the essential skills required by your role. Retain full accountability of all assigned projects from inception to completion, providing appropriate handover, necessary support and guidance to the project manager and other team members when required. This will include assessment of all changes/variations from the original requirements to ensure they are in accordance with the client's requirements and represent the best value. Support with audits as instructed. Communication Establish communication channels (Teams, Emails, Meetings) to ensure effective information flow among project stakeholders. Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date trackers/reporting tools and provide daily, weekly, monthly reporting metrics demonstrating your activity, value, and impact. Address stakeholder concerns and manage expectations to maintain stakeholder engagement and satisfaction. Maintain communication cadence in accordance with Client’s expectations, process, and requirements. This will include all communications mediums (photos, reports, meeting minutes, project updates, trackers, email, presentations) and at all stages of our delivery (e.g., from concept pre‑requirements, stakeholder reviews through to project close out). Delegated duties when out of office to ensure tasks are being maintained and completed. Share best practices, collaborate with colleagues & peers across a worldwide organization. Design: The DC‑SDPM will ensure the design partner is developing security design in accordance with client’s physical security design requirements. Any alteration to standards will be flagged to the client and an exception will be submitted by the consultant. The DC‑SDPM will provide design updates weekly to the project team on status/delivery. The DC‑SDPM will schedule a pageturn of the security final design with the stakeholders to run through and sign off across the board. The DC‑SDPM will ensure that the design is distributed to dependency trades and incorporated into the overall project plan. The DC‑SDPM will vet the door hardware schedule to functionality with our security design approach. The DC‑SDPM will vet the emergency egress plant over verify functionality with our security design plan. Contribute, develop, and provide guidance on the Global Security Design Requirements (GSDR) policy and continual improvement of the specific regional standards, processes and supporting documentation. Contribute to the development and continual improvement of the specific standards, processes and supporting documentation. Ensure all processes are optimized and continually aligned to the client requirements. Program Management Foster a positive team culture and resolve conflicts or issues that may arise during project execution. A project plan must be created for every project small or large. This includes ensuring that the schedules are up‑to‑date with at least the last two weeks. A repository must be connected to the large project plans, and small (where applicable on small). The DC‑SDPM will ensure all project issues, risks, gaps, exception are documented in the Smartsheet raid log as soon as the issues is defined. Identify potential risks and uncertainties that may impact project objectives or outcomes. Assess the likelihood and impact of risks and develop risk response strategies minimiz[e] their effects. Monitor risk triggers and implement contingency plans as necessary to mitigate or address emerging risks. The DC‑SDPM will escalatesite issues which impact security/schedule/cost to the client within 24 hours of discovery, unless critical which should prompt immediate comms and a call. Delivery The DC‑SDPM will pull in the following partners 6-8 weeks in advance of practical completion to align on plan/schedule GSAM (Access Management) – Develop site access levels and assignment to employee's and staff GSDS Systems (System Techs) - Device Programming Pre‑Commissioning Preparation: Verify the site’s security plan, design specifications, and installation documentation is completed to standards and requirements. Coordinate with the project team, security personnel, and relevant stakeholders to schedule commissioning activities and ensure access to necessary locations. Physical Inspection Conduct a thorough inspection of all physical security components, including cameras, access control systems, intrusion detection sensors, and perimeter barriers. Verify that all hardware is installed correctly, securely mounted, and properly aligned to provide optimal coverage and functionality. Functional Testing: Witness – Test each security system individually to ensure proper functionality and performance. Witness – Test access control systems by scanning credentials (e.g. access cards, biometrics) and verifying that access permissions are correctly enforced. Witness – Test surveillance cameras by checking live video feeds, PTZ controls, motion detection, and recording functionality. Witness – Test intrusion detection sensors by triggering alarms and verifying that alerts are generated and received as expected. Integration Testing: Test the integration between different security systems to ensure seamless operation and interoperability. Verify that access control systems are integrated with surveillance cameras for video verification of access events. Test integration between intrusion detection sensors and alarm system to trigger immediate alerts and response actions. Network Connectivity and Communication Testing: Verify network connectivity for all security devices to ensure they can communicate with each other and with central monitoring stations. Verify that IP addresses, subnet masks, gateways, and DNS settings are configured correctly for each device. Have GNS conduct bandwidth testing to ensure that network bandwidth is sufficient to support video streaming and data transmission from surveillance cameras and other security devices. Environmental and Power Testing Witness – Test environmental monitoring systems, such as temperature sensors, to ensure they can detect and respond to environmental threats. Verify that power backup systems, such as UPS units and backup generators, are operational and capable of providing uninterrupted power in case of outages. Alarm and Notification Testing: Verify with GSOC and GSDS alarm notification system configuration and GSOC visibility is completed to ensure that alerts are delivered promptly to designated recipients via email, SMS, or other communication channels. Verify that alarm signals are received and acknowledged by central monitoring stations and security personnel. Documentation and Training: Document the results of commissioning tests, including any issues or discrepancies identified, and record corrective actions taken. Where applicable (turnstiles controller, intercom system setc.) Verify the local tech has provided training to reception & security personnel on the operations. Where applicable (turnstiles controller, intercom system setc.) Verify the local tech has provided relevant troubleshooting documentation to the GSDS systems team… #J-18808-Ljbffr