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Job overview
The Senior Technician - Security installs, tests, and closes out integrated security system projects at customer sites. The role includes substantial project involvement, serving as a subject matter expert and mentor, and leading site-level projects and technician teams. Systems include video surveillance, access control, intrusion, intercom, and related devices. The technician also provides customer training and coordinates project work with management and field technicians.
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Full job description
The Senior Technician - Security; will provide efficient and high-quality installations related to integrated security systems. This position will require a high level of project involvement, including the physical installation, testing and closing-out process.
Roles & Responsibilities:
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Serve as the subject matter expert and mentor to assigned team of technicians
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Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all Security systems at customer sites
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Installation will include, but not limited to: Video NVR/Servers, IP Cameras, Access Control Devices, Intrusion Devices, Head End Panel Installations, Intercoms, Wireless Devices, Switch Gear.
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Perform assigned projects within scope, in a timely manner, and on budget
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Provide customers with system operation and training
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Excellent attention to detail including maintaining concise daily records and following of operational standards and practices
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Adhere to all applicable safety rules and regulations
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Review materials options and verify count accuracy
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Maintain a clean and orderly jobsite
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Facilitate the delivery of staged materials to the jobsite
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Coordinate with Project Management and Field Technicians for project scheduling
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Support, lead, and mentor team members
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Design systems and layout
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Maintain a high level of safety and professionalism
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Lead projects at a site level, manage a team of junior technicians as necessary
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Work at required heights utilizing ladders, scaffolding, lifts, or other.
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Work in confined spaces as necessary.
Required Qualifications:
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10+ years of work experience as a Senior / Lead Technician with a security integrator (including current manufacturer certifications)
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Industry experience working with access control, video surveillance, and intrusion
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Valid US drivers license with acceptable record
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Ability to pass pre-employment screening
Preferred Qualifications:
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Industry Experience: Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, Utilities, Financial & Hospitality.
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Video Surveillance: Avigilon, Genetec, Milestone, Bosch, Axis, Hanwha, Exacq.
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Access Control: Lenel, Software House, Avigilon, Genetec, Identiv, Honeywell, Open Path, RS2, S2, AMAG, Gallagher, Open Options.
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Intrusion: DMP, DSC, Honeywell, Bosch.
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Locking Hardware: Maglocks, Strikes, Mortise, Cylindrical, ADA applications.
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Data Terminations.
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Field engineering or estimating skills.
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Updating blueprints on Bluebeam.
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Experience with Procore, Fieldwire, Smartsheets, etc.
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Experience with programing, testing and training end users on various security systems.
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Out of town travel work if required.
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Vaccinations may be required by our customers, specifically related to any worksite location in the health care industry
Demonstrated Professional Competencies:
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Ability to troubleshoot electronic systems and find solutions
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Ability to use sound judgment and perform under pressure
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Ability to operate as part of a team
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Great written and verbal communication
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Good troubleshooting skills, exceptional customer service
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Positive attitude
Physical Demands:
In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, climb, walk, sit, push, pull, squat, crawl, and stoop. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel objects, and type on keyboard; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The use of power tools will be required to effectively perform this position. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and may be required to work at heights over 1.8m.
Working Conditions:
In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be exposed to outdoor weather conditions, work on job sites, may be required to travel to and from job site locations, may work in a typical office environment, and is occasionally exposed to construction equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Confined space entry may be required. High work may be required.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,795 open Field Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$60–90K/yr155 salary ranges
- Texas median$23–31/hr44 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 211 open Field Technician jobs in Texas and 1,795 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Warren Equipment Company23 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Field Technician postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 970 postings).
- Education
- 89 of the 1,795 open Field Technician jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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