Responsibilities
- Oversee the governance and quality of data centre physical security designs throughout all project phases.
- Serve as the lead authority on security design validation, challenging internal and external parties to meet organizational and industry benchmarks.
- Create and manage a structured review process for physical security systems in new constructions, expansions, and major upgrades.
- Develop and enforce security design governance models, standards, and evaluation procedures.
- Perform formal design assessments at critical project stages from concept through handover.
- Ensure all security designs adhere to internal policies, customer obligations, regulations, and best practices.
- Identify design flaws or vulnerabilities and coordinate corrective actions with relevant stakeholders.
- Review and authorize changes to security designs, evaluating their operational, commercial, and security implications.
- Provide final security design acceptance input and approval support.
- Act as the primary expert and leader for physical security architecture and risk assessments.
- Assess new technologies and suggest improvements for security performance and efficiency.
- Integrate security planning into long-term site development and capacity strategies.
- Mentor team members and strengthen internal expertise in security design assurance.
- Lead technical assurance for regional Security Program Managers across all physical security systems.
- Establish technology refresh strategies to maintain system resilience and business alignment.
- Analyze product lifecycle risks and plan for system upgrades.
- Document maintenance requirements and lead technical input for security integrator procurement.
- Ensure security systems are scalable, cyber resilient, and operationally sustainable per cybersecurity policies.
- Work with Cyber Security teams on system hardening, vulnerability management, and secure configurations.
- Collaborate with Development, Design, Construction, ICT, Operations, Risk, and Customer Solutions teams to enforce security consistency.
- Manage global partnerships with consultants, engineers, integrators, and vendors.
- Produce executive reports on security risks, threats, and program performance.
- Influence cross-functional decisions during project execution.
- Maintain up-to-date security standards, technical specifications, and design guidelines.
- Track industry developments, threats, and innovations to evolve security standards
Work Arrangement
Hybrid — Melbourne, Sydney
Other
- Willingness and ability to travel across APAC and globally as needed.
- Location flexibility within Melbourne or Sydney.
