- Company Name
- Vultr
- Job Title
- Director, Physical Security
- Job Description
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Job Title: Director, Physical Security
Role Summary:
Lead the global physical security strategy and operations for a multi‑site cloud infrastructure portfolio, ensuring enterprise‑grade controls, compliance, and incident readiness across all data center locations and third‑party facilities.
Expectations:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive global physical security program.
- Set enterprise policies, standards, and governance for facilities.
- Own vendor management, assessment, and accountability frameworks.
- Drive continuous improvement through inspections, gap remediation, and compliance validation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement strategic direction, policies, and operational frameworks for physical security across the data center portfolio.
- Lead vendor management strategy: define security requirements, performance standards, incident protocols, and governance models for colocation providers.
- Direct facility security assessment programs (on‑site inspections, control validation, gap remediation).
- Develop visitor access management frameworks, approval workflows, risk assessment methods, and escalation procedures.
- Define shared responsibility models between the organization and facility providers, clarifying accountability for controls and incident response.
- Build standardized facility evaluation processes for site selection, provider onboarding, and continuous compliance validation.
- Request, evaluate, and analyze evidence from providers (surveillance data, access records, incident documentation, compliance certificates).
- Present security posture, program strategy, and compliance posture to enterprise customers, auditors, and executive stakeholders.
- Establish physical security governance frameworks, including policies, standards, and audit documentation.
- Coordinate incident response and emergency procedures between operations and facility security teams, integrating access control systems with authorization workflows.
Required Skills:
- 10+ years of physical security experience, including ≥3 years in data center or critical infrastructure environments.
- Proven track record securing enterprise or government facilities with strict compliance and audit requirements.
- Deep knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI‑DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800‑53, and FedRAMP frameworks.
- Expertise in managing security operations within colocation or multi‑tenant facility environments.
- Ability to coordinate with third‑party vendors, facility providers, and shared responsibility models.
- Proficiency with access control systems, biometric authentication, surveillance technologies, and environmental monitoring.
- Experience in incident response, emergency procedures, and business continuity planning.
- Understanding of Tier 3+ data center specifications and availability requirements.
- Strong program and project management skills, with ability to schedule inspections, drive remediation, and manage global operations 24/7.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Security Management, Information Technology, Facilities Management, or related field.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GICSP, or equivalent are highly preferred.