VARITE INC is a telecommunications consulting company seeking a Senior Security Engineer to manage and oversee a global physical security initiative. The role involves coordinating program execution, planning, and ensuring adherence to technical standards across multiple regions and office locations.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a global physical security program plan, including timelines, milestones, and dependencies across regions (NA, EMEA, APAC, LATAM)
- Support the creation of a project team model vs. a business-as-usual (BAU) operating model, clarifying roles, handoffs, and escalation paths
- Coordinate phased deployment strategies for: customer locations, New builds and office expansions
- Support regional vendor selection efforts, including: Defining scope expectations for regional integrators, Participating in vendor evaluations and performance reviews, and Identifying risks and gaps with current vendors (e.g., Convergent, Pavion)
- Coordinate vendor activities during deployment to ensure adherence to customer standards, timelines, and quality expectations
- Act as a central point of coordination between customer and third-party integrators
- Oversee deployment planning and execution for access control, video surveillance, and perimeter security systems across multiple locations
- Track progress across sites and regions, managing interdependencies and sequencing
- Identify deployment risks early and work with stakeholders to mitigate delays or issues
- Serve as liaison among the following teams: Security, Facilities, IT, HR, and Real Estate
- Coordinate alignment between physical security designs and the following: Enterprise network requirements, HR systems for access provisioning and de-provisioning, and Facilities timelines and construction schedules
- Provide regular status reporting on program progress, risks, and issues
- Support budget tracking, forecast updates, and cost control discussions
- Assist in establishing governance processes for decision making and change management
Requirements:
- Expertise in project management leadership and execution in the following areas: networking infrastructure, security, cloud-based or virtual infrastructure, process development
- Experience managing multiple technology projects
- Strong working knowledge of Word, Excel PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, MS-Teams
- Experience in building and maintaining complex schedules (e.g. MS Project, ServiceNow)
- Excellent documentation, attention to detail, retention, and follow-up skills
- Ensure project documentation is organized and stored properly
- Leads and works well with a wide variety of people/ teams of different personalities/ backgrounds
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities with a strong moral code and sense of ethics
- An analytical mindset with excellent organizational skills
- Superior attention to detail to identify and correct risky practices
- Strong communication and relationship building skills to interact with clients at the executive level
- Strong communicator and capable of expressing oneself clearly both speaking and writing
- Coordinate interactions between the project team, client, and suppliers
- Possess a collaborative personality and open to suggestions from team members
- Coaches and directs other project managers to the team
- Facilitate project planning with the team while developing a project schedule
- Be able to manage large projects and integrate multiple project schedules
- Leads risk assessment and manages risk mitigation
- Develops and oversees execution of a communications plan
- Facilitate project team meetings including weekly status meetings
- Works with project teams to resolve scheduled, budget, deliverable, and quality problems
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to accurately interpret complex documents and policies
- Strong time management and organizational skills and able to meet deadlines
- US Citizen
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- Able to pass and keep background check requirements
- 15+ years' experience as a Program Manager leading project
- PMP certification or equivalent preferred