Job Description
THE COMPANY:
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.
STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.
THE POSITION:
The Data Center Physical Security Manager is responsible for managing and delivering physical security services for assigned data center site(s). This role oversees day-to-day security operations, contract guard services, security systems, incident response, and team performance while ensuring the protection of personnel, infrastructure, and customer assets in a 24/7 mission-critical environment. The Security Manager partners closely with security vendors, Critical Operations, Facilities, IT, and the Regional Security Manager to ensure security programs and systems operate as designed and support uninterrupted data center operations. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Manage and execute physical security operations for assigned data center site(s)
- Supervise, motivate, coach, train, and evaluate Security Officers and Leads
- Manage contract security vendors, including performance oversight and issue resolution
- Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot physical security systems, including access control, CCTV/VMS, and alarms
- Analyze system performance, recommend improvements, and support programming or technical security projects
- Lead response to security incidents and site emergencies, ensuring appropriate actions, notifications, and reporting
- Oversee security reports, logs, and pass-downs; ensure accurate documentation and communication
- Maintain strong client and site relationships through frequent communication and support
- Support construction and commissioning security through transition to steady-state operations
- Track security metrics and drive continuous improvement initiative
THE DETAILS:
- Location: Hillsboro, OR
- Travel: Less than 5%
- Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Leave Programs
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must pass a comprehensive background and drug screening
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience supporting data centers (hyperscale, enterprise, or colocation) or other mission-critical environments
- Experience managing 24/7 security operations, guard staffing, patrols, and post orders
- Hands-on working knowledge of IP video surveillance and network-based access control systems
- Experience managing contract guard services and site security teams
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Strong incident response, investigation, and report-writing skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-availability environment with shifting priorities
THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF:
You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.
WHY STACK?
We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!
STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law
Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.