Physical Security Specialist
Listed on 2026-06-18
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Security
IT Specialist, Security Management & Operations
Job Title: Lead, Industrial Security (Physical Security Specialist)
Job : 37753
Job Location: Orange, VA
Job Schedule: 4/10:
Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week
The On-site lead technical physical security specialist will perform duties associated with physical security operations, emergency management, and technical security support.
Essential Functions- 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.
- Coordinate 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.
- Active US security 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.
- 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.
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