Electronic Security Systems Engineer

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is hiring an Electronic Security Systems Engineer to maintain, integrate, troubleshoot, validate, and provide technical support for electronic security and command-and-control systems. The role supports sites across the Northeast and Southern regions, with remote work between assignments and approximately 80% domestic travel.

Responsibilities:

• Install, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and validate integrated CCTV, video management, access control, vehicle gate, door lock, monitor, and video wall systems
• Support electronic security systems across multiple stations, C2CENs, camera rooms, control rooms, and operational facilities
• Analyze and validate access control matrices, system interfaces, device configurations, and operational workflows
• Perform preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, equipment replacements, system upgrades, and general C2 equipment refreshes
• Support automatic vehicle gates, perimeter security devices, cameras, recording systems, access control readers, door hardware, and related field equipment
• Troubleshoot power, UPS, backup power, primary power, connectivity redundancy, network, communications, environmental, and equipment issues affecting system availability
• Support HVAC and environmental controls, radios, operator workstations, CBP-network-connected equipment, phone systems, displays, and video walls
• Conduct site surveys, equipment inventories, requirements validation, system health checks, commissioning, integrated testing, and customer acceptance activities
• Support new C2 workspace and room build-outs, including equipment placement, rack layouts, displays, cabling coordination, camera room configuration, and system interfaces
• Diagnose network, router, interface, communications, configuration, and connectivity failures related to electronic security systems
• Coordinate with customers, vendors, construction teams, electricians, network providers, facility personnel, and local site representatives
• Prepare site survey reports, deficiency lists, corrective action plans, test procedures, test results, equipment inventories, configuration records, and closeout documentation
• Provide on-site technical guidance, user support, maintenance assistance, and remote troubleshooting between site visits
• Manage assigned work packages from planning and mobilization through field execution, remediation, follow-up, and final acceptance
• Travel between geographically dispersed sites and support extended deployments, planned maintenance windows, and occasional after-hours troubleshooting

Requirements:

• Active CBP BI or TOP SECRET clearance
• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related technical field; equivalent experience may be considered
• Eight or more years of experience supporting electronic security systems, field service engineering, systems integration, telecommunications, or mission-critical infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with multiple integrated security technologies, including CCTV, video management systems, access control, automatic vehicle gates, door hardware, video walls, monitors, and operator workstations
• Experience with UPS systems, backup power, primary power, generators, connectivity redundancy, HVAC, environmental controls, radios, or communications equipment
• Experience performing site surveys, requirements validation, commissioning, acceptance testing, preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, equipment refreshes, and technical documentation
• Experience coordinating repairs, installations, testing, and acceptance activities with vendors, customers, facility teams, construction personnel, and network providers
• Strong customer-facing communication, organization, documentation, and independent problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple assignments across geographically dispersed sites with limited local technical resources