QuikTrip · 17 hours ago
Physical Security Systems Engineer III
Tulsa, OK
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $154K/yr
8+ years expQuikTrip is a leading company in the convenience store sector, and they are seeking a Physical Security Systems Engineer III to lead the design and implementation of physical security technologies. This role involves providing technical leadership, ensuring compliance with security standards, and collaborating with various teams to enhance security systems and processes.
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Responsibilities
Oversee, lead, plan, design, and implement physical security technologies at a high-quality level in waterfall or agile projects
Lead efforts to maximize automation for provisioning, maintenance, and monitoring of solutions designed to minimize impact on operations teams
Provide senior-level engineering, implementation, administration, support, documentation, and design for physical security enterprise systems
Ensure designs meet industry best practices, standards, and any security and compliance requirements at QuikTrip
Lead collaboration with third parties to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with enterprise standards
Effectively document support methods and tasks for transition to operations teams
Analyze current infrastructure utilization and assist in the planning for future growth and upgrade needs based on capacity planning information
With minimal supervision, work with project teams to determine needs and make technical recommendations to ensure correct server and storage options are designed and installed
Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve complex problems to meet business needs
Liaison between vendors, and customers to ensure timely resolution of issues and keeping stakeholders informed
Identify and implement automation opportunities to streamline tasks, reduce risk, and improve long term reliability
Maintain knowledge of common support issues for physical security systems technology and work with operations teams to maximize the use of automation to reduce support costs
Provide 24x7 emergency on-call support for physical security systems on a rotating basis with the other members of the team
Provide effective leadership and intentional mentoring to IT staff to ensure task and responsibilities for the team are completed in a timely manner
Conceive, define, develop, and deploy tools/processes which automate QT’s physical security technology to produce higher business value and employee/customer safety
Maintain technical competence and relevance on existing and emerging physical security systems and automation technologies
Drive the use of automation processes for provisioning, maintaining, and monitoring hardware and software solutions designed for minimal impact to Store and IT teams
Work with technology and business partners on R&D efforts to modernize physical security
Lead in the development of policies, standards, guidelines, and reference architectures to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company
Seek input from team members and supervisors on areas to improve own skill set
Apply feedback received into day-to-day work and strive to improve personal performance
Train team members and SOC personnel to improve technical skills and system knowledge
Actively utilize training outlets as necessary to improve technical skills including self-study, in-house classes, seminars, and/or online training
Maintain technical competence and relevance on existing and emerging physical security and automation technologies by attending ongoing training workshops, reviewing professional publications, reviewing industry best practices/procedures, and reviewing modern technologies to determine appropriate fit within the organization
Ensure that appropriate technology is implemented in the appropriate manner
Partner with Enterprise Architecture and provide input into current and future reference architectures
Perform administrative tasks as required by QuikTrip policy or as assigned
Maintain confidentiality regarding the information being processed, stored, or assessed by any tools or during any troubleshooting procedures
Listen to others and accept input from team members
Clearly articulate ideas and thoughts both in verbal and written formats
Accurately prepare written business correspondence that is coherent, grammatically correct, effective, and professional
Timely communicate status updates with the PTO, Project Manager, or Project Technical Lead, the project team, and/or key customers and supervisor regarding specific assignments and overall scheduling/coordination needs
Accurately record project and trouble call work assignment updates within timeframes determined by departmental standards or individual supervisors
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in MIS, CIS, CS, Computer Engineering or other related technical field, or equivalent QT experience
8+ years' progressive experience with low voltage design or engineering experience in large, complex IT environments
Strong knowledge of physical security technologies, including intrusion detection, theft and loitering deterrent systems, NVR video storage systems, and CCTV systems
Expertise in server, storage and network configuration/administration for physical security platforms
Proficiency with Microsoft operating systems and core services, as well as VMWare Infrastructure
Solid understanding of network topologies, protocols, and storage technologies (SAN/NAS)
Experience with scripting language such as PowerShell for automation
Expert level experience troubleshooting hardware/software related problems
Knowledge of data backup, disaster recovery practices, and security principles
Must have strong written and oral communication skills
Must rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills
Able to work in a team environment and lead initiatives while working without direct supervision
Must have strong diagnostic/troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
Must be able to plan and goal-set at high and detailed levels and to implement technical strategy and design solutions to meet that strategy
Must be able to solve problems independently and quickly and then communicate to stakeholders
Needs to have the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Must be able to take initiative and effectively lead other team members and employees to achieve desired outcomes
Preferred
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or related technical field
Certification in one or many Information Technology disciplines, ITIL Certification or Project Management Certification
8+ Years of engineering experience in large, complex IT environments
8+ Years of leading teams in the design and implementation of advanced physical security systems and applications
Advanced experience with designing automated systems using scripting languages such as PowerShell, and/or JavaScript, and/or Python
Advanced experience configuring and supporting a wide variety of operating systems including MS and Linux
Advanced experience with application packaging deployment and virtualization
Subject Matter Expert (SME) across multiple QuikTrip physical security-related systems
Data analytics skills
Certifications in Avigilon, Kantech, Manitou, and DMP Platforms
Experience with MS SharePoint, Citrix solutions including NetScaler & VDI, advanced scripting (including PERL, BASH, Python, and PowerShell), configuration management tools and various operating systems
Benefits
Employee Benefits – QuikTrip
Company
QuikTrip
QuikTrip is 24 hour hour convenience store that offers gasoline and various grocery items.
10001+ employees
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