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Security Engineer

• Support a Federal Agency’s nationwide Physical Security Program Office by managing a testing and demonstration laboratory
• Maintain a safe and orderly laboratory and ensure equipment and prior test results are readily accessible
• Install, configure, integrate, and update electronic security hardware and software, including PACS, IDS, VMS, intercom, and network systems
• Evaluate new, emerging, and returned products for capability, limitations, interoperability, maturity, Federal policy compliance, and fitness for Program use or reuse
• Advise stakeholders on changes to installation and configuration standards
• Develop practical test methods and conduct controlled experiments producing meaningful, repeatable results
• Analyze test results and produce evaluation reports, technical guides, and procedures
• Reproduce field-reported problems and troubleshoot hardware, software, networking, cabling, power, configuration, and integration issues
• Facilitate laboratory activities with manufacturers’ representatives to obtain technical information and resolve problems
• Test PACS hardware and software components for compliance with Federal security policies, standards, and functional requirements
• Maintain equipment inventories, labels, diagrams, photographs, configuration records, and test documentation
• Prepare equipment and test environments for stakeholder demonstrations and reviews
• Travel up to 10% outside the DC area to validate Physical Security installations performed by third parties and issue findings reports

Electronic Security Engineer