Global Physical Security Specialist

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. 

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Available Locations: New York

Your Career

As our Global Physical Security Specialist, reporting to our Sr. Director of Physical Security you will take ownership of our physical security technologies across our office and data center footprint. 

We are looking for someone excited about solving physical world challenges with next-generation technology on a global scale. You will be leading the overall strategy & implementation as well as partnering with other teams to unify physical and digital access into one cohesive security solution for Cloudflare’s global network powering our products.

What You’ll Do

Continue to work as a member of a unique global physical security team and program in the following areas: 

Physical security systems:

• Ability to work within a global physical security program focused on developing and deploying innovative physical security technology & operations across our global network of data centers. This will require traveling to a variety of locations, building relationships with our partners and working in an agile environment. 
• Ability to assist and manage investigations working with Cloudflare’s People’s Team. 
• Work alongside our SIRT Team  as required for physical Security related incidents. 
• Deploy and remediate access control and CCTV equipment with vendor support
• Coordinate and provide facility and personnel safety practices, guidance, assistance, and response as required.

Audit and certifications:

• Establish, implement, and automate our physical security standards, policies, and processes globally. 
• Support implementation of operational metrics, project tracking, and status/ blockers reporting as needed.
• Work alongside our infrastructure partners to enhance their standard operating procedures ensuring compliance with physical security standards and controls, including Cloudflare Data Centers and partners.
• Work with the security compliance and risk management team on developing and implementing physical security controls as it relates to various compliance requirements including but not limited to FedRAMP, ISO 27001 and SOC 2; and support internal and external audits of physical security controls.

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• Ability to make decisions on acceptable physical security risk and drive risk mitigation. 
• Experience managing a local physical security program and managing event security practices, preferably with experience of physical security controls.
• Solid understanding of integrating and deploying access control and CCTV systems at scale, including networking and systems engineering.
• Ability to coordinate with law enforcement and government agencies at every level
• Understanding of networking security as it relates to physical security technology
• Understanding of access control as it relates to granting logical access to systems
• Previous experience working in Verkada Command and deploying Verkada cameras and access sensors
• Ability to effectively prioritize and manage a large number of projects simultaneously
• Equally adept at strategy formulatio