Technical Security Team Lead - Proposal Contingent (Worldwide)

Green Powered Technology, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GPTech, a global energy and infrastructure consulting firm, seeks an experienced Technical Security Team Lead to support US government facility projects worldwide. You will guide assessment, design, and modernization of electronic security systems including access control, CCTV, alarms, and communications infrastructure.

You will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, review designs, oversee construction-phase activity, and ensure security requirements, reliability, and lifecycle costs are

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field from an accredited university.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical security assessments, design concepts, and evaluations for new construction, renovations, and upgrades.
• Develop and review security design concepts, drawings, specifications, equipment schedules, and construction documents.
• Coordinate with electrical, IT, and physical security teams to ensure integrated security systems across projects.
• Assess existing security systems to identify deficiencies and modernization opportunities.
• Support TEMPEST and other specialized security requirements with qualified specialists.
• Provide technical input on security system reliability, lifecycle costs, and interoperability.

Skills

Security engineering

Systems integration

Technical leadership

Project coordination

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Eng

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit/BIM

Job description

Technical Security Team Lead - Proposal Contingent (Worldwide)

GPTech is a global energy and infrastructure consulting firm passionate about engineering and energizing a future for all. We are a close-knit team of highly qualified technical and development professionals dedicated to making a lasting impact.

Working at the intersection of energy, infrastructure, and development, GPTech provides solutions to government agencies, quasi-government organizations, multilateral financial institutions, and utilities with sizable investments in energy and infrastructure.

Providing comprehensive services for the entire project lifecycle, we deliver solutions to help clients save money, enhance operations, protect the environment, and achieve sustainable impacts. We are a trusted partner for delivering solutions through ongoing engagement and continuous improvement. As a small business, we are proud of our big results. After just 16 years in business, GPTech has successfully supported more than 100 projects for over 30 clients in over 75 countries, with no sign of slowing down. Today, we are one of the world’s leaders in employing innovative energy and engineering solutions to sustainably manage the earth’s resources and support resilient, thriving communities. Visit www.greenpwrd.com for more information.

GPTech is seeking an experienced Technical Security Team Lead to support our team's proposal for the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), Worldwide Architecture and Engineering (A/E) Support Services IDIQ (RFP 19AQMM26R0258). This is a proposal‑contingent consulting opportunity with potential for long‑term engagement supporting diplomatic facilities and other U.S. Government infrastructure programs worldwide.

The Technical Security Team Lead will provide senior technical leadership for the assessment, planning, design, modernization, integration, and evaluation of electronic and technical security systems serving U.S. diplomatic facilities and associated infrastructure. Assignments may include complex, multi‑phased facility renovations, security system upgrades, modernization of security monitoring and communications infrastructure, and integration of new technologies into existing or operational facilities.

The successful candidate will bring demonstrated expertise in technical security engineering, electronic security system design, and systems integration, including intrusion detection, video surveillance, electronic access control, alarm systems, and associated security communications and infrastructure. The position requires the ability to develop and evaluate innovative, practical solutions that address security requirements, system reliability, interoperability, constructability, operational continuity, and lifecycle costs.

The position may involve direct technical security systems design, independent technical assessments and design reviews, and construction‑phase engineering and commissioning support, depending on individual task‑order requirements. Specialized security requirements, including emanation security (TEMPEST), will be addressed in coordination with appropriately qualified and authorized specialists.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Security Planning, Design, and Technical Leadership

• Lead and perform technical security assessments, system planning, design, and technical evaluations for new construction, renovations, facility modernization, and security infrastructure upgrades.
• Develop and review technical security design concepts, system architectures, engineering drawings, specifications, equipment schedules, technical reports, and construction documents through successive stages of design development.
• Provide technical expertise across the principal categories of technical security systems, including:
• Infrastructure: Security communications pathways, cabling, equipment rooms, power supplies, network infrastructure, and supporting facilities.
• Deterrent Systems: Electronic and integrated security measures intended to discourage unauthorized access or activity.
• Detection Systems: Intrusion detection, CCTV/video surveillance, electronic access monitoring, alarm systems, and associated monitoring technologies.
• Response Systems: Security monitoring, alarm annunciation, communications, and integrated systems supporting assessment, notification, and coordinated security response.
• Evaluate existing technical security systems to identify deficiencies, capacity limitations, interoperability challenges, obsolescence, and opportunities for modernization.
• Assess system architecture, performance, reliability, redundancy, maintainability, and integration with existing building and security infrastructure.
• Develop and evaluate system modernization alternatives, including equipment replacement, technology upgrades, system integration, and phased implementation strategies.
• Support technical assessments and design coordination involving specialized communications security requirements, including TEMPEST and related protective infrastructure, in consultation with appropriately authorized specialists.
• Identify and evaluate innovative approaches to improving security system effectiveness, operational efficiency, reliability, and lifecycle performance.

Multidisciplinary Design Coordination and Constructability

• Coordinate technical security planning and design with electrical engineering, telecommunications, information technology, architecture, physical security, structural engineering, and other relevant disciplines.
• Conduct or lead technical design reviews to assess compliance with applicable project security requirements, design criteria, technical standards, and operational objectives.
• Perform constructability, interoperability, and maintainability reviews of technical security designs, identifying system conflicts, installation constraints, design omissions, and potential operational risks.
• Evaluate interfaces among electronic access control, intrusion detection, surveillance, alarm monitoring, security communications, and related building systems.
• Coordinate with the Physical Security Team Lead to ensure that electronic security measures are appropriately integrated with perimeter protection, controlled access points, protective building elements, and other physical security infrastructure.
• Review supporting electrical power, backup power, grounding, communications pathways, equipment spaces, and environmental requirements necessary for reliable security system operation.
• Develop phased implementation strategies for technical security upgrades in occupied or operational diplomatic facilities, including temporary systems, system cutovers, testing, and continuity‑of‑operations considerations.
• Evaluate design alternatives and recommend solutions that balance security effectiveness, operational functionality, technical compatibility, constructability, schedule, and lifecycle costs.

Technical Advisory, Systems Integration, and Construction-Phase Support

• Provide technical consultation during procurement and construction, including review of contractor submittals, shop drawings, equipment selections, system configurations, requests for information, and proposed design modifications.
• Evaluate proposed equipment substitutions and technical changes affecting security system performance, interoperability, reliability, or compliance with design requirements.
• Support field investigations, technical inspections, and quality assurance reviews of electronic security system installations and associated infrastructure.
• Assist in resolving technical issues encountered during installation and systems integration, recommending appropriate engineering and technical solutions.
• Review testing and commissioning procedures, including factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, functional testing, and integrated system verification, as applicable.
• Support verification of system performance, including equipment functionality, alarm reporting, monitoring capabilities, communications interfaces, and operational integration.
• Review commissioning documentation, test results, as‑built drawings, equipment records, and operations and maintenance documentation.
• Provide technical input on security system matters affecting project scope, cost, schedule, quality, and risk.

Program Support and Stakeholder Coordination

• Collaborate with OBO representatives, multidisciplinary A/E teams, project managers, security stakeholders, system integrators, construction contractors, and local technical professionals to address technical security requirements and project constraints.
• Provide technical recommendations that account for host‑country conditions, available communications infrastructure, local construction capabilities, equipment availability, operational requirements, and applicable U.S. Government security criteria.
• Coordinate with authorized security and communications specialists when assignments involve sensitive, restricted, or classified technical requirements.
• Participate in technical meetings, security planning workshops, design reviews, and project coordination activities, presenting findings and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Prepare concise technical security assessments, design review comments, system evaluations, and recommendations that support informed project decision-making.
• Support multiple concurrent assignments, as required, while maintaining technical quality, responsiveness, and consistency across project deliverables.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Security Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline from an accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in technical security engineering, electronic security system design, systems integration, or related high‑security facility projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading or serving in a senior technical role on projects involving electronic security systems design, integration, modernization, or technical assessments for government, diplomatic, military, or other high‑security facilities.
• Strong technical knowledge of electronic access control, intrusion detection, CCTV/video surveillance, alarm monitoring, security communications, and associated infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, coordinate, or review technical security system designs, system architectures, engineering drawings, technical specifications, equipment schedules, and construction documentation.
• Experience conducting technical security assessments, system design reviews, integration evaluations, constructability assessments, and analysis of technical alternatives.
• Working knowledge of applicable electronic security systems standards, communications infrastructure requirements, and relevant U.S. Government security criteria.
• Experience coordinating technical security systems with electrical, telecommunications, information technology, architectural, and physical security disciplines.
• Understanding of security system reliability, redundancy, interoperability, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle maintenance requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and present technical findings, system evaluations, and security improvement recommendations.
• Ability to support international assignments and travel as required by individual task orders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting U.S. Department of State OBO projects, diplomatic facilities, or other U.S. Government overseas construction and modernization programs.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration in the United States or relevant technical security certification, such as ASIS Physical Security Professional (PSP), ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP), or equivalent credentials.
• Experience with U.S. Government technical security requirements, including security systems design and integration for diplomatic, intelligence, military, or other sensitive facilities.
• Familiarity with emanation security (TEMPEST), communications security infrastructure, and coordination of specialized security requirements with appropriately authorized personnel.
• Experience with integrated security management platforms, electronic access control systems, video management systems, intrusion detection systems, and alarm monitoring technologies.
• Experience with networked security systems, security communications infrastructure, system interoperability, and applicable cybersecurity considerations.
• Experience developing phased technical security upgrades for occupied, operational, or mission‑critical facilities.
• International project experience, including familiarity with host‑country infrastructure constraints, local installation practices, and coordination with international design and construction teams.
• Experience evaluating security system improvements through technical risk assessments, alternatives analysis, and lifecycle cost considerations.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, and relevant security systems design, configuration, or technical review software.
• Experience with systems integration, factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, and verification of electronic security systems.
• Active or prior U.S. Government security clearance, or eligibility to obtain a personnel security clearance if required for assigned work.

Personnel Requirements

• Personnel are required to possess a Final Secret, Interim Top Secret, or Final Top-Secret clearance issued by Defense Security Services at the time of proposal.