Security Systems Engineer 3 (Relocation Available) - Moncks Corner, SC

M.C. Dean, Inc.; Moncks Corner (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional training

Tuition reimbursement

Leadership development

Open communication with leadership

Job summary

M.C. Dean, Inc. is seeking a Security Systems Engineer 3 to design, engineer, integrate, and sustain electronic security systems for federal, local, and commercial customers. You will translate client needs into scalable architectures and serve as a technical liaison for vendor teams.

Responsibilities include evaluating technologies, developing deployment plans, and creating documentation and training materials to improve security postures across environments.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical, or IT.
• Master’s Degree and 3+ years of experience preferred; Bachelor’s and 5+ years preferred.
• Experience with electronic security systems and certifications (CCURE, Lenel, Genetec, Milestone, HID, Axis).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate technologies to improve customers’ physical security postures.
• Design system adoption plans and scale deployments for global systems.
• Serve as primary technical liaison for vendor product teams.
• Write high-quality documentation for system standards and operations.
• Provide training on deployed security systems and develop training materials.

Skills

CCURE

Lenel

Genetec

Milestone

HID

Axis

Windows

Linux

VMware

Docker

Kubernetes

Javascript

PowerShell

Python

TCP/IP

RS232

RS485

UDP

RTP

RTSP

Cisco

Juniper

Brocade

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or IT

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

CCURE 9000

Lenel OnGuard

Milestone XProtect

Genetec

Axis Camera Management

HID

SCCM/MECM

Job description

Security Systems Engineer 3

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence®. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber‑physical solutions for the nation’s most mission‑critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 9,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Security Systems Engineer 3 to join our Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business unit. The SES Strategic Business Unit focuses on designing, engineering, integrating, operating, and maintaining electronic security services—including intrusion detection, access control, biometric authentication, video surveillance, and perimeter defense—for federal, local, and commercial customers across high‑growth markets.

Responsibilities

As a Security Systems Engineer 3, you are a subject‑matter expert in evaluating technologies to improve customers’ physical security postures. You will quickly and thoroughly understand customers’ needs and translate them into system designs, define system adoption plans that can be deployed at scale for global systems, and serve as a primary technical liaison for vendor product teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Identify candidate technologies and solutions based on customers’ needs and requirements.
• Evaluate existing and new solutions against defined requirements and industry best practices.
• Design, sustain, and provide technical support for deployed security systems.
• Develop procedures to validate system configuration, data input and data migration. Ensure high data quality ingestion in new and existing systems. Develop test plans, deployment plans, and administration procedures.
• Write high‑quality documentation for system standards and operations.
• Provide training on newly deployed security systems to cross‑functional teams, including the development of training documentation, videos, and other tools.
• Identify limitations and propose improvements for deployed security systems.
• Work with internal teams to assess and resolve privacy, network security, and scalability concerns for the systems.
• Collaborate with installation, deployment, administration and other cross‑functional teams to define standards, provide recommendations and guidance on solution deployments, resolve issues, and improve systems’ features.
• Continually re‑evaluate the systems to ensure they are still effective and actively assess how new technology developments or changes in the environment may require new solutions.
• Act as subject‑matter expert on security engineering needs and requirements for system performance, installations, and sustainment programs and provide recommended improvements per industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Systems Innovation: Research and evaluate security hardware, including access control boards, intrusion detection systems, and camera management systems (CCure, Software House, Axis, Bosch, HID, etc.).
• Hardware Testing: Lead testing projects in the lab, including OSDP implementation and support, rack security solutions, and access control hardware/software testing.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain technical guides, such as admin configuration guides and hardware upgrade guides.
• Environment Management: Support the configuration of CCure 9000 lab environments, including MAS and SAS licensing and architecture.
• Project Support: Coordinate with technical project managers to gather requirements for future projects and enter tasks into tracking systems like Asana.
• Product Research: Research and develop on new system manufacturers (i.e., access control, intrusion detection and closed‑circuit television systems).

Highly Qualified Candidates Should Demonstrate

• Working knowledge and/or certification with electronic security systems and applications such as CCURE, Genetec, Lenel, Milestone, HID, Axis, 2N, Geutebruck, and/or others. In‑depth knowledge of system operation, flaws, and improvement opportunities.
• Working knowledge and/or certification for general purpose operating systems and virtualization platforms (Windows, Windows Server, Linux, VMware, CentOS, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.). Familiarity with physical security designs, standard operating procedures, and security operations.
• Programming and scripting experience (Javascript, PowerShell, Python), experience with systems integration tools and protocols (APIs, SOAP and REST, XML/JSON), database design and query development.
• Working knowledge and/or certification with communications and network protocols and services, including TCP/IP, RS232, RS485, TCP, UDP, RTP, RTSP, and others.
• Vendor certifications such as Associate, Professional, or Expert level certifications from Cisco, Juniper, Brocade, etc. Experience deploying ESS or IoT devices on secure network environments is a plus.

Qualifications

Education / Position Requirements

• Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical, or a Related Engineering Discipline or Information Technology degree.
• Master’s Degree and 3+ Years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ Years of experience preferred.
• Strong engineering and administration experience with the following core platforms and services:
• Access Control Systems such as CCURE 9000 or Lenel OnGuard.
• Video Management Systems such as Milestone XProtect or Genetec.
• Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems such as Senstar and Southwest Microwave.
• Other Electronic Security Systems such as Zenitel, Gatekeeper, HID, CertiPath, or D3.
• Hypervisors such as everRun, VMware ESXi and vSphere.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016–2025 Deployment and Administration.
• Microsoft Windows 11 Deployment and Administration.
• Microsoft Windows Server Features such as DNS, DFS, DHCP, and KMS.
• Active Directory and group policy implementation and maintenance.
• Data center networking fundamentals (experience with software‑defined data center networks a plus).
• Hyperconverged storage fundamentals.
• Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining highly secure and reliable solutions that meet all organizational cybersecurity and information assurance requirements.
• Experience performing security scans, applying security configurations such as DISA STIG/SRGs to system hardware and software.
• Experience with Data Center Automation and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), API management, scripting languages including PowerShell, Python, JSON, Bash, etc.
• Strong oral, written, and presentation skills with the ability to communicate directly with executive leadership.
• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated time‑management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
• Strong MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio skills is a plus.

Desired / Advantageous Qualifications and Experience

• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining SQL database infrastructure such as Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience engineering and implementing platforms and services in a software‑defined network environment.
• Experience with enterprise deployment solutions such as SCCM/MECM, ManageEngine, PDQ, etc.
• Vendor certifications for any of the previously mentioned platforms and services.

What We Offer

• A collaborative team inspired by the way engineering and innovation enhance customer outcomes, improve lives, and change the world for the better. We are driven by our core values of agility, expertise, and trust.
• An opportunity to lead and build a business with the support of an industry‑leading firm that has been in business for 75 years.
• Investment in your skills and expertise through a combination of professional and technical training programs, including leadership training and tuition reimbursement.
• Open and transparent communication with senior leadership as well as local office management.

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.