Security Systems Architect

Customer Discovery & Assessment

• Lead site walks and security assessments with customer stakeholders; identify threats, vulnerabilities, coverage gaps, and operational constraints (bell schedules, event days, staffing, union and code requirements).

• Apply CPTED principles and layered-defense thinking to define the perimeter, controlled-entry points, and interior zones before selecting any product.

• Assess existing infrastructure - cameras, NVRs, door hardware, cabling, switching, PoE capacity, and internet circuits - and determine what can be reused, what must be replaced, and why (including NDAA Section 889 compliance).

Architecture & Design

• Produce complete design packages: camera placement and field-of-view plans, door and reader schedules, entry-screening lane layouts, device schedules / BOMs, network and VLAN designs, PoE budgets, and riser diagrams.

• Design Verkada deployments end to end: cameras, Access Control, Alarms, Intercom, Guest, Viewing Stations, LPR, and Command organization structure, roles, and permissions.

• Design Evolv Express entry screening: lane counts, throughput modeling for peak arrival and event surges, secondary-screening areas, staffing models, power and connectivity, and placement relative to vestibules and egress paths.

• Design ZeroEyes deployments: camera selection and placement for detection effectiveness, on-site appliance and network requirements, and the alert path from the ZeroEyes Operations Center into Verkada Command and the customer’s response protocol.

• Engineer the integrated response workflow - detection to verification to lockdown to notification to responder video access - and document who sees what, and within how many seconds.

• Ensure designs respect life-safety and fire code (egress, locking hardware, NFPA 101 / local AHJ), ADA, and applicable state school-safety requirements.

Cyber & Network Security

• Define the security architecture for every deployment: network segmentation, firewall egress rules, SSO/SAML and SCIM integration, MFA, role-based access, audit logging, and video retention policies.

• Partner with customer IT and CISO teams to pass security reviews, and address CJIS, FERPA, HIPAA, and public-records considerations where they apply.

Delivery & Commissioning

• Serve as technical lead through installation: direct and quality-check low-voltage and integration subcontractors, resolve field issues, and keep work on schedule around occupied facilities.

• Run acceptance testing - coverage verification, access control and lockdown tests, screening throughput validation, and end-to-end weapon-alert drills with the customer and local law enforcement.

• Deliver as-built documentation, administrator training, and a clean handoff to the customer’s operations team.

Growth

• Act as the technical voice in sales pursuits: discovery calls, demos, solution briefs, and technical volumes for RFPs, grant applications, and cooperative purchasing vehicles.

Build MissionRT’s reference architectures and design standards so every new deployment starts from a proven baseline.

• Experience: 5+ years designing and deploying physical security systems - video, access control, and intrusion/alarms - in government, education, healthcare, or other critical environments.

• Hands-on install background: You have personally installed, configured, and commissioned systems in the field, not only designed them on paper.

• Customer-facing design: A track record of leading discovery, presenting designs to executive and technical stakeholders, and winning approval.

• Network fundamentals: Strong working knowledge of IP networking, VLANs, PoE budgeting, bandwidth planning, firewalls, and secure cloud connectivity for physical security devices.

• Documentation: Able to produce professional design packages - site plans, device schedules, network diagrams, and as-builts - without hand-holding.

• Codes & compliance: Working knowledge of life-safety/egress requirements for locking hardware, ADA, and NDAA Section 889.

• Travel & eligibility: Willing to travel to customer sites up to 50%; U.S. citizen; able to pass CJIS-level and agency background checks.

Preferred

• Verkada design and installation experience - cameras, Access Control, Alarms, Intercom, and Command administration - ideally at a Verkada channel partner or integrator, with current Verkada partner training/certification.

• Deployment or integration experience with Evolv Express or other touchless weapons screening, and/or ZeroEyes or other AI weapon detection platforms.

• K-12, higher-ed, stadium/venue, municipal, or healthcare deployments involving peak-flow entry screening and lockdown workflows.

• Certifications such as ASIS PSP or CPP, BICSI RCDD, CCNA, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent.

• Experience writing technical sections of public-sector RFP responses and grant applications.

• Familiarity with real-time crime centers, PSAP/911 integration, and mass notification platforms.

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Vision insurance

MissionRT (Mission Ready Technologies) is a public safety and govtech solutions provider serving state and local government, K-12 and higher education, healthcare, and federal customers. We partner with industry leaders - including Verkada, Evolv Technology, and ZeroEyes - to design and deliver layered security that protects people where they live, learn, and work.