Senior Access Control, CCTV & Alarm Installation Technician

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Pay: $25–$32/hour, based on experience

IMPORTANT:
This is a hands‑on commercial physical security installation position. This is NOT a cybersecurity, information security, SOC, network security, or IT security role.

PHDTech is a growing commercial technology integrator serving customers throughout Dallas‑Fort Worth and beyond. We design, install, service, and manage access control, video surveillance, intrusion alarm, low‑voltage, and communications systems.

Our Core Focus is simple:

Delivering Exceptional Experiences through Smarter Telecom and Security.

We are looking for an experienced field technician who can independently install, troubleshoot, and commission commercial electronic security systems while producing clean, professional work and taking care of the customer.

This is a senior‑level field position for someone with meaningful hands‑on experience installing commercial access control, IP video surveillance, and intrusion alarm systems.

You should be comfortable working independently, solving problems in the field, and completing installations from device level through system head‑end. Depending on the project, you may also work alongside or help guide less‑experienced technicians.

This position reports to our Carrollton, Texas office and works primarily at customer locations throughout the Dallas‑Fort Worth Metroplex, though occasional travel and overnight stays in other parts of Texas are not infrequent.

• Install, service, troubleshoot, and commission commercial access control systems.
• Install and configure IP surveillance cameras and related equipment.
• Install, troubleshoot, and program commercial intrusion alarm systems.
• Install and terminate access control panels, power supplies, readers, door contacts, REX devices, and associated field devices.
• Install and troubleshoot electrified door hardware including electric strikes, maglocks, electrified locksets, electric hinges, and EPTs.
• Work with both fail‑safe and fail‑secure locking hardware.
• Install and configure access control power supplies, relays, and fire‑alarm interfaces.
• Install, terminate, address, and troubleshoot access control head‑end equipment.
• Pull, terminate, label, test, and dress low‑voltage cabling to professional standards.
• Read and work from blueprints, floor plans, wiring diagrams, and project documentation.
• Use a digital multimeter and other test equipment to diagnose power, wiring, communication, and device problems.
• Program, test, and perform customer turnover of installed systems.
• Document completed work accurately, including service notes, photos, testing, and outstanding issues.
• Communicate proactively with customers, project managers, and other team members when conditions in the field affect the project.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and professional work environment.

Our primary security platforms include:

• Eagle Eye Networks video surveillance
• Bosch/Radionix intrusion alarm systems

Experience with these specific platforms is strongly preferred, but experience with comparable commercial systems such as LenelS2, Genetec, Openpath/Avigilon Alta, Software House, Honeywell, DMP, , Verkada, Hanwha, Axis, or similar systems is also valuable.

• 3+ years of hands‑on commercial access control, CCTV/video surveillance, intrusion alarm, or closely related electronic security experience.
• Strong understanding of access control wiring, relays, inputs, outputs, power supplies, and door hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot systems rather than simply install devices from instructions.
• Experience installing and working with electrified locking hardware.
• Ability to independently use a multimeter to troubleshoot voltage, resistance,…