Physical Security Specialist

L3Harris•Orange, VA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The On-site lead technical physical security specialist will perform duties associated with physical security operations, emergency management, and technical security support. This role involves maintaining the physical security hardware architecture and ensuring its integration with the information technology department. The specialist will provide expertise in electronic physical security systems for supervision, project planning, installation, integration, and maintenance. Responsibilities include troubleshooting issues with surveillance cameras, video management, and low voltage security systems, as well as providing administrative support for various security systems like video management, access control, intrusion detection, and visitor management. The role also requires coordinating functions across the facility with building managers, vendors, and government agencies, supporting the Key and Lock Control Program, and ensuring compliance with physical security requirements for UL 2050 areas. Additionally, the specialist will support 24x7 availability for alarm system repairs, train employees and vendors on security procedures, develop security instructions and procedures, conduct security training programs, support emergency management systems, and perform security assessments to ensure compliance with US Government regulatory physical security requirements.

Requirements

Active DoD Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience.
Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with physical security operations and administration of security applications.
Ocularis System Administrator Certificate.
CDSE Physical Security Training.
Experience working with intercom systems, wireless technologies, and fire alarm systems.
Facility Security Officer Program Management Certificate.

Responsibilities

Maintain physical security hardware architecture and ensure integration with information technology department.
Provide expertise in electronic physical security systems for the purpose of supervising and project planning, installing, integrating and maintaining these systems.
Troubleshoot to resolution a range of issues with surveillance cameras, video management, and low voltage security systems.
Provide administrative support (standard operating procedures, work instructions, etc) to end users for video management, access control, intrusion detection and visitor management systems.
Coordinates functions, tasks and planning factors across the facility: to include building managers, commercial vendors, and various government agencies and sponsors.
Support the Key and Lock Control Program, performs maintenance, key creation, destruction and documentation on high security mechanical and electronic locks.
Ensure compliance with physical security requirements for UL 2050 areas.
Support shared responsibility for 24x7 availability for response to repair alarm system failures and malfunctions to UL, DCSA, company and USG sponsor standards.
Train employees, contractors and vendors on aspects of access control, alarm monitoring, and other associated duties.
Work with site leaders to develop security instructions and procedures and conduct security training programs as dictated by site security requirements.
Support emergency management systems and teams and participate in workplace disruption meetings.
Perform security assessment to ensure compliance with various US Government regulatory physical security requirements; 32 CFR 117, ICD 705, DoD 5100.76, etc.
Communicate effectively in written and verbal communications.