[Hiring] Physical Security Program Manager @Telispree Communications

Role Description

Own the physical security program for an enterprise spanning approximately 100+ sites nationwide. You will direct IP video surveillance, electronic access control, and emergency notification projects from requirements and cost estimates through SOWs, BOMs, contractor execution, commissioning, acceptance, and lifecycle sustainment. This is a converged IT/physical-security role: the platforms you manage ride on enterprise networking, virtualization, and unified communications, and you’ll coordinate across agency stakeholders, integrators, vendors, and site personnel.

What you’ll do:

• Direct nationwide deployment and sustainment of IP video surveillance, access control, emergency notification/IP speakers, servers, and security-monitoring workstations.
• Develop project cost estimates, identify funding sources, write SOWs for contractor bidding, and coordinate integrator BOMs.
• Write detailed requirements, design specifications, bid packages, policies, and installation documentation.
• Guide engineers, contractors, and integrators through complex multi-site installations; track status, provide technical guidance, and support acceptance.
• Build and manage lifecycle and maintenance budgets: replacement planning, firmware and software currency, end-of-support remediation, vulnerability reduction.
• Coordinate physical security requirements for new construction and renovation projects.
• Lead and develop IT and security professionals and technical support activity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 10+ years managing complex, large-scale projects implementing, managing, supporting, and architecting physical security solutions.
• 10+ years managing IP-based physical security projects at multi-site scale.
• 10+ years leading IT professionals, and guiding teams and contractors through complex installations.
• 10+ years coordinating across organizations, agency stakeholders, dispersed sites, subcontractors, integrators, vendors.
• 5+ years writing detailed requirements and specifications.
• 5+ years working security architecture with network dependencies, bandwidth, and interoperability considerations.
• 5+ years lifecycle planning for cameras, servers, storage, and network appliances.
• Hands-on depth in enterprise electronic access control and video surveillance platforms: Avigilon (ACC/Unity/ACM), IDENTIV, Gallagher, Software House C•CURE 9000, Genetec, Cisco VSOM/SASD, Singlewire or CyberData emergency notification, SIP intercom, Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a background investigation.

Preferred

• ASIS Physical Security Professional (PSP) certification.
• PMP, ITIL.
• Prior federal program delivery; experience in a geographically dispersed campus, education, or multi-branch enterprise environment.
• Working knowledge of the infrastructure underneath the security platforms: Cisco/Meraki networking, Cisco UCS, Dell or Nutanix, VMware ESXi.