Surveillance Technician #26554

Blue Chip Talent; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Chip Talent in partnership with a transportation and infrastructure organization seeks a Security Surveillance Systems Administrator to oversee enterprise video management systems. The role requires hands-on administration, troubleshooting, and maintaining VMS infrastructure onsite with after-hours/on-call availability.

You will manage cameras, servers, storage, and network components, ensuring high availability and secure access.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience with VMS or CCTV is acceptable.
• Experience with servers, storage, networking, and security surveillance infrastructure.
• Experience with after-hours/on-call technical support.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, update, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise VMS applications.
• Manage VMS architecture including directory, archiving, media gateway, storage and failover components.
• Monitor system health, performance, video availability, and storage utilization.
• Configure, update, maintain, and troubleshoot IP surveillance cameras.
• Maintain and troubleshoot servers, storage, networking, and VMS infrastructure components.
• Integrate cameras, encoders, access control, analytics with VMS platforms.
• Manage user roles, permissions, authentication, and audit tracking.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and provide VMS system training to internal users.

Skills

VMS administration

IP surveillance cameras

VMS infrastructure

Video troubleshooting

Networking

PowerShell

Python

Windows Server

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

High school diploma + 4+ years enterprise infrastructure experience

Tools

Windows Server

NAS/Storage

SQL databases

Job description

Blue Chip Talent, in partnership with a transportation and infrastructure organization, is seeking a skilled Security Surveillance Systems Administrator. This role is responsible for administering enterprise video management and surveillance systems, maintaining supporting infrastructure, and troubleshooting system, camera, network, and performance issues. This is an onsite position with after-hours/on-call availability required.

Job Duties

• Administer, configure, update, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Video Management System (VMS) applications
• Manage VMS architecture, including directory, archiving, media gateway, storage, and failover components
• Monitor system health, performance, video availability, and storage utilization
• Configure, update, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise IP surveillance cameras
• Maintain and troubleshoot servers, storage, networking, and other VMS infrastructure components
• Integrate cameras, encoders, access control, analytics, and related security technologies with VMS platforms
• Manage user roles, permissions, authentication, and audit tracking
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and provide VMS system training to internal users

Skills & Experience

Required

• 2+ years of experience administering an enterprise VMS or CCTV platform
• 2+ years of experience administering enterprise IP surveillance cameras
• 2+ years of experience maintaining and troubleshooting VMS-related infrastructure
• Experience troubleshooting video loss, network connectivity, application, storage, and performance issues
• Working knowledge of enterprise servers, networking, storage, and security surveillance infrastructure
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field OR high school diploma with 4+ additional years of demonstrated enterprise infrastructure experience
• Ability to provide after-hours/on-call technical support as required
• Experience with enterprise VMS architecture, high availability, archiving, media gateways, and failover
• Experience with Windows Server, virtualization platforms, enterprise servers, network switches, NAS storage, and SQL databases
• Experience integrating cameras, encoders, access control systems, video analytics, and other security technologies
• Knowledge of video streaming, encryption, recording, storage, and retention best practices
• Working knowledge of PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting and automation technologies
• Familiarity with enterprise authentication and networking protocols used in VMS environments
• Familiarity with CAD software and enterprise IT service management/ticketing platforms
• Industry certifications in enterprise video management systems or IP surveillance camera technologies