Security Engineer

Argonne; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 86,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Argonne National Laboratory seeks a qualified professional to lead Access Control Modernization initiatives across DSX and Lenel OnGuard environments. You will analyze door and hardware data, map DSX objects, and prepare migration-ready datasets.

You will build audit-ready reports and dashboards using SQL and Power BI, develop ETL pipelines in Python/SQL, and collaborate with Physical Security to ensure DOE compliance. This role requires U.S. citizenship and a DOE Q clearance.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required; DOE 'Q' clearance is needed.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with physical-security background and 4+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze DSX data to support consolidation into Lenel OnGuard.
• Map DSX objects to Lenel equivalents ensuring correct hardware relations.
• Standardize door identifiers and mappings for PACS migration.
• Develop Lenel SQL queries and stored procedures for integrity checks.
• Build Power BI dashboards to track modernization and migration status.

Skills

Python

SQL

Java

C

JavaScript

HTML

R

Physical security systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Power BI

AWS S3

Git

SSMS

Docker

PostgreSQL

Tableau

Job description

Core Responsibilities

Access Control Modernization (DSX to Lenel OnGuard)

• Analyze DSX door, reader, panel, and hardware data to support consolidation of legacy PACS systems into Lenel OnGuard.
• Map DSX objects to Lenel equivalents, ensuring accurate hardware relationships, access-control logic, and migration-ready datasets.
• Standardize naming conventions, door identifiers, and hardware mappings to enable clean PACS migration.
• Prepare structured Lenel import datasets (doors, readers, access levels, badges, timezones, panel mappings).
• Validate DSX to Lenel mappings using SQL queries, DSX exports, and physical-security field documentation.
• Modernize physical-security processes, data flows, and system configurations to strengthen overall security posture.

Lenel OnGuard Configuration & SQL Development

• Work directly with Lenel SQL tables (AccessLevels, Readers, Hardware, Panels, Timezones, Badge, Personnel) to build audit-ready PACS datasets.
• Configure Lenel hardware objects: readers, controllers, doors/locks, I/O relationships, panel communication paths, and timezones.
• Develop Lenel workflows for badge provisioning, access-level assignments, and automated data-quality checks.
• Build SQL queries and stored procedures to identify misconfigured access levels, missing readers, offline hardware, badge anomalies, and DSX/Lenel mismatches.
• Collaborate with Physical Security and vendors to validate configuration changes and ensure DOE compliance.

Security Analytics, Reporting & Dashboards

• Build Power BI dashboards showing modernization progress, hardware readiness, and DSX to Lenel migration status.
• Develop SQL-driven reporting pipelines integrating DSX exports, Lenel SQL Server data, and supplemental Excel/S3 sources.
• Produce audit-ready reports for Physical Security and Facilities across large, distributed campuses.
• Implement automated data-quality checks for duplicate door IDs, missing hardware relationships, incorrect badge/access mappings, and PACS cleanup tasks.

Secure Software Engineering & ETL

• Develop backend/frontend components supporting physical-security analytics, geospatial asset mapping, and AI-driven exploration.
• Build Python/SQL ETL pipelines maintaining up-to-date inventories of doors, readers, panels, and access levels across DSX and Lenel environments.
• Create performance-critical ingestion modules for reliable processing of complex JSON and nested security data.

Position Requirements

To perform the essential functions of this position successful applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, which is required to comply with federal regulations and contract. Must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE "Q" clearance.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science degree with background in physical-security systems plus 4+ years of experience, or equivalent.

Specialties: Experienced in applying AI and automation to Physical Security solutions Lenel OnGuard configuration, DSX to Lenel migration, SQL reporting ETL/ELT pipelines KPI dashboards PACS data governance.

Languages: Python, SQL, Java, C, JavaScript, HTML, R.

Tools: Power BI, AWS S3, Git, SSMS, Docker, PostgreSQL, Tableau.

Preferred Requirements: Experience with physical security DOE orders and compliance requirements.

Job Family

Professional Technical (PT) Job Profile: Facilities Engineering 3 Worker Type: Regular Time Type Full time

Salary Range

The expected hiring range for this position is $86,299.00 - $134,626.05. Please note that the pay range information is a general guideline only. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as, but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, business considerations, internal equity, and external market pay for comparable jobs. Additionally, comprehensive benefits are part of the total rewards package.

Equal Employment Opportunity

As an equal employment opportunity employer, and in accordance with our core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity and teamwork, Argonne National Laboratory is committed to a safe and welcoming workplace that fosters collaborative scientific discovery and innovation.

Argonne encourages everyone to apply for employment.

Argonne is committed to nondiscrimination and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law.

Discretionary Compliance

Argonne employees, and certain guest researchers and contractors, are subject to particular restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Sponsored or Affiliated Activities, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation in the application phase for review by Argonne's Legal Department.

Background Check

All Argonne offers of employment are contingent upon a background check that includes an assessment of criminal conviction history conducted on an individualized and case-by-case basis.

Please be advised that Argonne positions require upon hire (or may require in the future) for the individual be to obtain a government access authorization that involves additional background check requirements. Failure to obtain or maintain such government access authorization could result in the withdrawal of a job offer or future termination of employment.