Specialist - Surveillance System

South Texas College; McAllen (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

South Texas College is seeking a Surveillance System Specialist to maintain and expand the college's HD surveillance camera program, comprising roughly 1,000 cameras. The role involves installation, repair, maintenance, and upgrading of cameras, servers, and network switches to ensure continuous operation.

The position requires an Associate’s Degree and at least one year of related experience; strong communication, IT, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Associate degree required; one year surveillance experience preferred.
• Experience with security cameras, networks, and cameras management is preferred.
• Strong communication and computer skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manages equipment in the college's HD surveillance camera program.
• Identifies optimal camera installation locations.
• Allocates network switches, servers, and licenses as needed.
• Ensures equipment is updated and maintained; establishes replacement program.
• Repairs or installs surveillance cameras as required.
• Maintains a database of camera locations, licenses, and serial numbers.
• Complies with policies, standards, and regulations.
• Travels across the college district to support needs.
• Acts as Campus Security Authority.

Skills

Communication

MS Office

Situational awareness

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Travel availability

Reading & writing

Report writing

Problem solving

Education

Associate’s Degree

Tools

Windows OS

Database software

Job description

Department: Safety and Security

The Surveillance System Specialist maintains the college's vast high-definition surveillance camera program that includes approximately 1,000 cameras and ensures that cameras, network switches, and servers are operating properly. Provides technical skills in the installation, repair, and maintenance of security cameras.

General Statement of Job

The Surveillance System Specialist maintains the college's vast high-definition surveillance camera program that includes approximately 1,000 cameras and ensures that cameras, network switches, and servers are operating properly. Provides technical skills in the installation, repair, and maintenance of security cameras.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Manages equipment in the college's high-definition surveillance camera program.
• Identifies the most effective location for surveillance camera installation.
• Allocates network switches, servers, and surveillance camera licenses, as needed.
• Ensures that all surveillance camera equipment is updated and properly maintained.
• Establishes a replacement program for surveillance camera equipment.
• Repairs surveillance cameras that are defective.
• Installs replacement or new surveillance cameras, as needed.
• Maintains a database of camera locations along with licenses and serial numbers.
• Performs work according to manufacturer's specifications, departmental guidelines, industry standards, best practices and in compliance with federal and state laws.
• Researches and recommends equipment for upgrades or replacement.
• Assists in evaluation and implementation of campus-wide security needs.
• Assists with managing projects and contractors.
• Travels throughout the college district, as needed.
• Serves as Campus Security Authority.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate's Degree required.
• At least one (1) year of experience in surveillance cameras/security, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
• Must possess situation awareness skills.
• Ability to demonstrate exemplary work practices and work ethic.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of constituents both orally and in writing.
• Ability to remain calm in difficult, dangerous, and high-stress emergency situations.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment with minimal supervision.
• Must be willing and able to work various hours, various locations, and rotating shifts, including days, nights, weekends, College closures, and holidays, as needed.
• Ability to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation or College-owned vehicles.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, college policies and procedures, governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present and respond to inquiries from groups of students, faculty, staff, administration and the general public.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Security Sensitive position: all applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• In addition, subject to a federal background check.
• Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and be insurable under South Texas College's insurance policy for driving.
• Must maintain authorization to drive College-owned vehicles.

Physical Requirements

• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 25 pounds of force to move objects.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Shouting in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and/or extensive reading including color, depth perception, and field vision.
• Visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
• Visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and operation of machines, using measurement devices, and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Ability to climb ladders, stairways, and work on buildings rooftops of high elevation.
• Ability to work in confined spaces such as ceilings.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.