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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Security Systems Architect - **Company:** MissionRT LLC - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $80,000.0 - $100,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing Security, CompTIA Security+, Cyber Security, Internet Protocol, Network Security, Networking Basics, Network Diagrams, Network Segmentation, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Systems Integration, Virtual Local Area Networks, Bicsi, Firewalls (Computer Science) - **Published:** October 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4059fa6b58aae4b5 ## About the Role * 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. ## Description 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.