Remote Physical Security Engineer – Data Center Lead

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BCG Corp in the United States seeks a Senior Physical Security Engineer to lead end-to-end security designs for hyperscale data centers. You will serve as SME on access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection, coordinating across architecture, electrical, and mechanical teams.

This is a remote role with up to 25% travel, requiring strong written and verbal communication and the ability to collaborate across a distributed team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of physical security engineering experience.
• Proven data center security design experience (hyperscaler preferred).
• Experience designing with industry-leading security products.
• Strong working knowledge of access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection.
• Cross-discipline coordination experience (Architecture, Electrical, Mechanical, and Structural).
• U.S. citizenship and security clearance eligibility.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven remote team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead physical security designs for clients end-to-end, coordinating with other disciplines and applying physical security best practices and procedures.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection for critical-infrastructure and data center environments.
• Travel periodically for site assessments, internal design meetings, construction reviews, and coordination with design consultants from other disciplines (up to 25%).
• Perform construction administration — attend owner, architect, and contractor meetings, answer contractor RFIs, approve contractor submittals, and conduct onsite inspections and create site observation reports.
• Research industry best practices and make recommendations that strengthen BCG's design standards.
• Contribute to configuration and installation documentation and develop and incorporate security-based requirements into designs.
• Collaborate across a remote 15-person team with clear, professional written and verbal communication.

Skills

Physical security engineering

Access control

Video surveillance

Intrusion detection

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

Autodesk Forma

Bluebeam Revu

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

BCG Corp in the United States seeks a Senior Physical Security Engineer to lead end-to-end security designs for hyperscale data centers. You will serve as SME on access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection, coordinating across architecture, electrical, and mechanical teams.

This is a remote role with up to 25% travel, requiring strong written and verbal communication and the ability to collaborate across a distributed team.