Physical Security Architect

Physical Security Solutions Architect

Department: Solutions Engineering & Integration

Reports To: SVP of Operations

Employment Type: Full-Time  ·  Exempt

Location: Remote / Field-Based — Phoenix, AZ preferred (customer travel up to 50%)

01  |  About MissionRT

MissionRT (Mission Ready Technologies) is a public safety and govtech solutions provider serving state and local government, K-12 and higher education, healthcare, and federal customers. We partner with industry leaders — including Verkada, Evolv Technology, and ZeroEyes — to design and deliver layered security that protects people where they live, learn, and work.

At MissionRT, we don't just install technology — we architect solutions that save lives.

02  |  The Role

MissionRT is hiring a Physical Security Solutions Architect to own the design of layered physical security for our customers — from the property line to the front door to the moment a threat is detected. You will sit across the table from superintendents, police chiefs, facility directors, and IT leaders; understand how their sites actually operate; and turn that into an architecture that works on day one and scales across a district, county, or campus portfolio.

Your designs will integrate three layers into a single response workflow:

►    Perimeter & Entry Control — site perimeter, vehicle and pedestrian approaches, license plate recognition, door and vestibule access control, visitor management, intercoms, and touchless weapons screening at entrances (Verkada Access Control, Guest and Intercom; Evolv Express).

►    Video Surveillance — cloud-managed camera coverage, LPR, alarms, and situational awareness for operators and responders (Verkada Command).

►    Weapon Detection & Response — human-verified visible-gun detection on the camera network, with alerts that drive lockdowns, mass notification, and law enforcement response (ZeroEyes integrated with Verkada).

This is a hands-on, customer-facing technical leadership role. You will design it, defend it in front of the customer, oversee the installers who build it, and sign off when it is commissioned.

03  |  Key Responsibilities

Customer Discovery & Assessment

►    Lead site walks and security assessments with customer stakeholders; identify threats, vulnerabilities, coverage gaps, and operational constraints (bell schedules, event days, staffing, union and code requirements).

►    Apply CPTED principles and layered-defense thinking to define the perimeter, controlled-entry points, and interior zones before selecting any product.

►    Assess existing infrastructure — cameras, NVRs, door hardware, cabling, switching, PoE capacity, and internet circuits — and determine what can be reused, what must be replaced, and why (including NDAA Section 889 compliance).

Architecture & Design

►    Produce complete design packages: camera placement and field-of-view plans, door and reader schedules, entry-screening lane layouts, device schedules / BOMs, network and VLAN designs, PoE budgets, and riser diagrams.

►    Design Verkada deployments end to end: cameras, Access Control, Alarms, Intercom, Guest, Viewing Stations, LPR, and Command organization structure, roles, and permissions.

►    Design Evolv Express entry screening: lane counts, throughput modeling for peak arrival and event surges, secondary-screening areas, staffing models, power and connectivity, and placement relative to vestibules and egress paths.

►    Design ZeroEyes deployments: camera selection and placement for detection effectiveness, on-site appliance and network requirements, and the alert path from the ZeroEyes Operations Center into Verkada Command and the customer's response protocol.

►    Engineer the integrated response workflow — detection to verification to lockdown to notification to responder video access — and document who sees what, and within how many seconds.

►    Ensure designs respect life-safety and fire code (egress, locking hardware, NFPA 101 / local AHJ), ADA, and applicable state school-safety requirements.

Cyber & Network Security

►    Define the security architecture for every deployment: network segmentation, firewall egress rules, SSO/SAML and SCIM integration, MFA, role-based access, audit logging, and video retention policies.

►    Partner with customer IT and CISO teams to pass security reviews, and address CJIS, FERPA, HIPAA, and public-records considerations where they apply.

Delivery & Commissioning

►    Serve as technical lead through installation: direct and quality-check low-voltage and integration subcontractors, resolve field issues, and keep work on schedule around occupied facilities.

►    Run acceptance testing — coverage verification, access control and lockdown tests, screening throughput validation, and end-to-end weapon-alert drills with the customer and local law enforcement.

►    Deliver as-built documentation, administrator training, and a clean handoff to the customer's operations team.

Growth

►    Act as the technical voice in sales pursuits: discovery calls, demos, solution briefs, and technical volumes for RFPs, grant applications, and cooperative purchasing vehicles.

►    Build MissionRT's reference architectures and design standards so every new deployment starts from a proven baseline.

04  |  Required Qualifications

►    Experience: 5+ years designing and deploying physical security systems — video, access control, and intrusion/alarms — in government, education, healthcare, or other critical environments.

►    Hands-on install background: You have personally installed, configured, and commissioned systems in the field, not only designed them on paper.

►    Customer-facing design: A track record of leading discovery, presenting designs to executive and technical stakeholders, and winning approval.

►    Network fundamentals: Strong working knowledge of IP networking, VLANs, PoE budgeting, bandwidth planning, firewalls, and secure cloud connectivity for physical security devices.

►    Documentation: Able to produce professional design packages — site plans, device schedules, network diagrams, and as-builts — without hand-holding.

►    Codes & compliance: Working knowledge of life-safety/egress requirements for locking hardware, ADA, and NDAA Section 889.

►    Travel & eligibility: Willing to travel to customer sites up to 50%; U.S. citizen; able to pass CJIS-level and agency background checks.

05  |  Strongly Preferred

►    Verkada design and installation experience — cameras, Access Control, Alarms, Intercom, and Command administration — ideally at a Verkada channel partner or integrator, with current Verkada partner training/certification.

►    Deployment or integration experience with Evolv Express or other touchless weapons screening, and/or ZeroEyes or other AI weapon detection platforms.

►    K-12, higher-ed, stadium/venue, municipal, or healthcare deployments involving peak-flow entry screening and lockdown workflows.

►    Certifications such as ASIS PSP or CPP, BICSI RCDD, CCNA, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent.

►    Experience writing technical sections of public-sector RFP responses and grant applications.

►    Familiarity with real-time crime centers, PSAP/911 integration, and mass notification platforms.

06  |  What Success Looks Like

Timeframe

Outcome

First 30 days

Certified/re-certified on Verkada, Evolv, and ZeroEyes partner programs; full technical review of current customer deployments with a written findings and remediation list.

First 60 days

MissionRT reference architecture and standard design package (templates, BOM builder, network/security baseline) published; leading technical discovery on active pursuits.

First 90 days

At least one integrated perimeter + video + weapon-detection design delivered and approved by a customer; acceptance-test and alert-drill playbook in use.

07  |  What We Offer

Competitive base salary plus performance bonus

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) program

Paid time off and holidays

Travel reimbursement and per diem

Paid certifications, training, and conferences (ISC West, GSX, IACP)

Close partnership with the SVP of Operations and real influence on how MissionRT designs and delivers

Mission-driven work — your designs directly protect students, officers, and communities

08  |  How to Apply

Send your resume and a short note (half a page is fine) describing a physical security deployment you designed and helped install — what the site needed, what you built, and what you would do differently — to:

[email protected]   ·   Subject line: Physical Security Solutions Architect – [Your Name]

Our process: 30-minute screening call → 60-minute technical interview → take-home design assignment (6–8 hours of effort, 7 days to complete) → 60-minute panel where you present your design → reference checks and offer. We review applications on a rolling basis.

• MissionRT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.