Initial Posting Date:

10/16/2025

Application Deadline:

11/06/2025

Agency:

Oregon Youth Authority

Salary Range:

$5,066 - $7,774

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Electronic Security Technician 2

Job Description:

OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY

Electronic Security Technician 2 (Limited Duration)

Woodburn - MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility

Bring your electronic security expertise to a mission-driven team that keeps Oregon’s youth facilities safe and opportunity-rich. As an Electronic Security Technician, you’ll install, program, and troubleshoot CCTV and access-control systems (including fiber connections), diagnose complex issues across integrated platforms, and partner with colleagues statewide to keep critical systems resilient and compliant. We’re looking for critical thinkers who communicate clearly, work independently and in teams, and take pride in solving tough technical problems that protect people, data, and facilities. At OYA, we lead with Positive Human Development and an equity lens—valuing cultural humility, lived experience, and diverse perspectives—because safety, dignity, and belonging are the foundation for youth reformation and staff success. People of color, women, veterans, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, people with disabilities, and members of other historically underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

What You Will Be Doing

• Install, configure, and maintain electronic security systems, including CCTV, access control, intercom, and intrusion detection systems across OYA facilities.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, diagnostics, and repair of electronic and fiber networked security systems to ensure continuous and reliable operation.
• Monitor and evaluate system performance, identify vulnerabilities, and implement corrective actions or system upgrades to enhance safety and functionality.
• Collaborate with IT, facility operations, and security teams to integrate and support complex electronic and networked control systems.
• Maintain accurate documentation of system configurations, maintenance activities, and technical procedures in accordance with agency standards.
• Ensure compliance with agency safety, security, and confidentiality protocols while working in secure youth correctional environments.
• Provide technical guidance and training to staff and contractors to support consistent operation and understanding of security systems.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please click here.

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HOW TO QUALIFY:

• Possession of a current Limited Maintenance Electrician (LME) electrical license or appropriate limited journeyman electrician’s license for work assigned (e.g. LEA, LEB) issued by the Oregon Building Codes Division AND six years of experience in the installation, maintenance, or repair of manual and computer controlled electronic systems; OR

• A General Journeyman Electrician license AND six years of experience in the installation, maintenance, or repair of manual a