Position Overview
Essential Job Functions
- Own system design and integrations across the security technology ecosystem, ensuring it scales securely with the business.
- Evaluate and select technologies, build proofs of concept, and lead adoption of emerging security technologies, including cloud camera analytics and AI-driven tools.
- Define and enforce technical standards, architectural patterns, and security and data protection requirements.
- Serve as technical advisor for support escalations and as SME for access control, video security, and analytics.
- Serve as the primary intake point for all SE projects, triaging and prioritizing requests.
- Participate in project design and scoping, leading discovery discussions to align business goals with technical realities.
- Assign projects to Solutions Engineers (SE's) and oversee each one through completion, keeping delivery on time, within scope, and aligned to strategic objectives.
- Manage the SE program portfolio: roadmap, priorities, dependencies, and status reporting to leadership.
- Own resource allocation and workload balancing across the SE team, and mentor engineers throughout delivery.
- Flag technical, operational, and security risks before they become roadblocks.
- Architect and maintain integrations between security platforms (access control, VMS, visitor management) and enterprise systems, including legacy systems.
- Design ETL workflows that turn security data into business intelligence.
- Identify and deploy automation to remove repetitive manual work.
- Lead upgrades, enhancements, and migrations; ensure uptime through proactive maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, SOPs, and training materials.
- Partner with Security Operations, IT, Engineering, Product, and business stakeholders, and present complex concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
Required Skills and Experience
8+ years experience programming and administering enterprise, multi-site physical security systems.
3+ years experience in a security systems architecture or technical leadership role.
Genetec Synergis SC-STC-001 and/or SC-ETC-001 certification.
Hands-on experience deploying, integrating, and supporting physical security technologies.
Proven project/program management experience, including intake, scoping, resource allocation, and delivering multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision.
Experience building PoCs, making technology selection decisions, and mentoring engineers.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Studio production, entertainment, or technology industry experience.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of programming and administering enterprise, multi-site physical security systems
- 3+ years in a security systems architecture or technical leadership role
- Genetec Synergis SC-STC-001 and/or SC-ETC-001 certification
- Hands-on experience deploying, integrating, and supporting physical security technologies
- Project or program management experience involving intake, scoping, resource allocation, and concurrent project delivery
- Experience building proofs of concept, selecting technologies, and mentoring engineers
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Studio production, entertainment, or technology industry experience
What We Do
At BGI, we approach every project with a best practices philosophy and an aim to balance risks and threats with global market standards. All advised solutions are enterprise-based and scalable. Finding suitable policies and procedures in a high-risk, unpredictable security environment can be challenging, but BGI’s exemplary service and emphasis on individualization and global strategy streamlines the process.
