Physical Security Assurance Specialist, NA

Summary

Vantage operates data centers across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific, providing infrastructure for hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises. The Physical Security Assurance Specialist supports the North America Physical Security program by conducting audits, control testing, assessments, compliance activities, quality assurance reviews, and corrective-action tracking. The role partners with security, operations, technology, construction, and other stakeholders to improve control effectiveness, audit readiness, and program maturity.

Responsibilities

• Conduct site audits, assessments, and control testing across physical security environments
• Execute standardized control test procedures and validation processes aligned with enterprise frameworks
• Perform physical inspections of security infrastructure, including access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection systems
• Validate system configuration, coverage, and operational performance
• Collect, review, and maintain audit evidence in accordance with established standards and audit requirements
• Ensure all documentation is accurate, complete, and audit-ready
• Maintain detailed audit records, workpapers, and supporting artifacts
• Support development of audit reports and findings documentation
• Coordinate evidence collection and validation for internal and external audits, customer reviews, and other assurance activities
• Support document lifecycle activities, including version control, periodic review, approval tracking, publication, retention, and archival
• Maintain the corrective-action register and monitor action owners, target dates, aging, status, and closure evidence
• Review remediation evidence to determine whether corrective actions sufficiently address identified deficiencies
• Escalate overdue, recurring, or material control deficiencies in accordance with established governance requirements
• Support root-cause analysis for recurring findings and systemic control weaknesses
• Support the maintenance of physical security risk registers and facilitate the linkage of assessment findings, control deficiencies, and corrective actions to applicable risks
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of physical security programs, processes, and audit deliverables to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with established standards and governance requirements
• Analyze audit, assessment, and compliance data to identify trends, recurring control deficiencies, and opportunities for continuous improvement across the physical security program
• Support the development and maintenance of quality metrics, performance indicators, and assurance reporting to measure program effectiveness and drive operational excellence
• Maintain dashboards and recurring reports covering assessment completion, control-test results, findings by severity, remediation aging, overdue actions, repeat findings, evidence quality, and control effectiveness
• Perform periodic assurance checks and control reviews beyond formal audits
• Monitor and evaluate control performance and relevant system-health indicators
• Support the development and implementation of continuous-assurance processes and capabilities
• Manage assigned assessments and assurance deliverables with limited day-to-day supervision
• Partner with site security teams, regional operations, and technical teams to clarify audit findings, validate corrective actions, and ensure alignment with security standards
• Provide clear, actionable feedback to stakeholders on required remediation actions
• Support cross-functional collaboration to improve control implementation and operational consistency

Skills

• Three or more years of relevant experience in physical security, quality assurance, audit, compliance, risk management, or a related control-based environment. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered
• Working knowledge of access control systems, video management systems, intrusion detection and alarm systems
• Ability to apply audit, assurance, quality-control, or control-testing methodologies and translate requirements into repeatable test procedures
• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms to track compliance, audit findings, corrective actions, and key performance indicators
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to collect, validate, and document evidence
• Ability to analyze and interpret control effectiveness and compliance requirements
• Experience documenting findings, managing corrective actions, reviewing remediation evidence, and monitoring issues through closure
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
• Travel is expected up to 25%
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Experience in data center, critical infrastructure, or enterprise environments
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, audit processes, or compliance programs
• Experience supporting SOC audits, customer audits, ISO-aligned management systems, or enterprise assurance programs
• Experience conducting physical security risk assessments, site-security reviews, or security vulnerability assessments
• Familiarity with corrective-action management, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement methodologies
• Experience aligning programs to ISO 27001, ISO 9001, or comparable standards

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Three or more years of relevant experience in physical security, quality assurance, audit, compliance, risk management, or a related control-based environment. Equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered
• Working knowledge of access control systems, video management systems, intrusion detection and alarm systems
• Ability to apply audit, assurance, quality-control, or control-testing methodologies and translate requirements into repeatable test procedures
• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms to track compliance, audit findings, corrective actions, and key performance indicators
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to collect, validate, and document evidence
• Ability to analyze and interpret control effectiveness and compliance requirements
• Experience documenting findings, managing corrective actions, reviewing remediation evidence, and monitoring issues through closure
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
• Travel is expected up to 25%
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Nice to Haves

• Experience in data center, critical infrastructure, or enterprise environments
• Familiarity with governance frameworks, audit processes, or compliance programs
• Experience supporting SOC audits, customer audits, ISO-aligned management systems, or enterprise assurance programs
• Experience conducting physical security risk assessments, site-security reviews, or security vulnerability assessments
• Familiarity with corrective-action management, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement methodologies
• Experience aligning programs to ISO 27001, ISO 9001, or comparable standards

Benefits

• Collaborative work environments with dynamic growth opportunities
• Ongoing career development and education
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package
• Opportunity to work on some of the world's most iconic and innovative projects and to shine as an industry leader
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance
• Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
• Many other additional voluntary benefits
• Health and welfare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid leave benefits
• Recognition, training and development