Enterprise Security Systems Architect (Physical ) -Remote

Enterprise Security Systems Architect (Design & Pre-Construction)
Contract: 6 months +
Location: US-based, remote with travel for site surveys
The role
Design authority for enterprise physical security deployments - surveillance, access control, and the supporting network - delivered as part of branch and campus technology programs across commercial and federal customers. This is a design seat. You own the package from site survey through issued-for-construction drawings and commissioning support. You do not install, and the role does not touch monitoring or post-deployment operations.
What You'll Own
Site assessment and existing-condition survey; translating customer security requirements into a buildable design
Camera placement and coverage design - field of view, lens selection, pixel-per-foot against identification and recognition requirements, lighting and environmental conditions
Access control design - door schedules, reader and controller placement, lock hardware coordination, credential architecture, integration with existing head-end
VMS and storage architecture - retention modelling, bandwidth and throughput calculation, recorder and server sizing, failover
Supporting network design - PoE budgeting, switch and port counts, VLAN segmentation and isolation of the security network, IP schema, MDF and IDF layouts, cable paths and conduit routing
Issued design documentation - riser diagrams, device schedules, point-to-point drawings, elevations, bill of materials, specifications
Provisioning and commissioning requirements written into the package - authentication, certificate handling and device onboarding specified so the installing technician brings devices onto the network correctly the first time
Design-stage support to the installing contractor; review of as-builts and commissioning documentation
Gap analysis and capability mapping for customers standing up a security program, including migration paths off legacy or end-of-life platforms
Required
Overall 16+years and 8+ years designing physical security systems at enterprise or multi-site scale
A portfolio of issued design packages - drawings that an installing contractor built from without interpretation. Portfolio reviewed at interview
Working command of both the security platform layer and the network beneath it. This role sits on that seam; candidates strong on only one side will struggle in it
Current manufacturer certification on at least two of: Genetec, Lenel, Brivo, Axis, Avigilon, Verkada, Cisco Meraki
AutoCAD, plus Bluebeam or Revit
Familiarity with the governing standards - ONVIF, TIA/EIA structured cabling, NFPA, local AHJ requirements, and NDAA Section 889 where federal end-customers are in scope
Preferred
Design experience across multiple access control platforms, including integration between them
Background on an integrator's design or pre-construction desk
Multi-site retail or banking branch estates - distributed rollouts rather than single-campus
Active US security clearance
BICSI RCDD
ASIS PSP

Work arrangement
Yes