Electrical Engineer - Technical Security Systems (Top Secret Clearance)

About Swingtech

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. provides technology and management consulting services for the federal, state, and local government. Our team is comprised of skilled, certified consultants that help clients achieve success with effective, created, and rapidly executed solutions. We are rapidly growing, and we are always looking for intelligent and motivated people to join our team.

Please note that the internal job title for this opportunity is IV&V Design Reviewer/Inspector, which differs from the job posting.

Clearance: Top Secret

Travel: 50%

Position Overview:

The Technical Security IV&V Design Reviewer/Inspector will review construction design documents and perform inspections of Department of State (DOS) facilities worldwide to ensure Technical Security System installations meet or exceed standards/requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

·       Review and interpret site technical security design drawings, specifications, and requirements to ensure that planned work complies with DS applicable standards/requirements.

·       Coordinate inspection services and schedules with various federal government representatives and contractors. There will be extensive interaction with government staff and contractors when carrying out inspections in the field.

·       Analyze problems and oversee the layout of TSS installations by performing technical security quality inspections.

·       Prepare detailed standardized, concise, and objective reports of design review/inspection findings based on DS applicable standards/requirements and maintain electronic databases.

·       Review technical documents and provide structured feedback relevant to industry standard installation practices and standards, compliance with client requirements, etc.

·       Provide verbal and written advice to government clients on specific issues regarding compliance with applicable technical security standards/requirements.

·       Provide technical expertise for project proposals and for the development of actionable performance measures, metrics, and standard operating procedures.

·       Work with other contractor staff to develop design compliance performance measures and participate in root cause analysis of design compliance problems.

·       Attend DoS and inter-bureau collaborative working groups as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on DoS Technical Security Systems installation requirements, design review and inspection processes.

Requirements

·       Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics or 7+ years of relevant security systems experience can substitute for the educational requirement.

·       Technical Security System Certifications or Skills with design, installation and maintenance in the following:

o   Alarm/Intrusion Detection Systems

o   Access Control/Automated Access Control Systems

o   Door Control Systems

o   CCTV Systems

o   Digital Video Recording

o   Intercom Systems

o   Emergency/Mass Notification Systems

o   Gates & Barriers

o   Electrical/Power

·       Hands-on experience installing, maintaining, and operating CCTV/IPCCTV, digital video recording, intrusion detection, access control, emergency notification systems, gates/barriers and related power systems is required.

·       Experience with LAN/Network protocols for IP based Technical Security Systems.

·       Experience working with, testing and inspecting low, medi