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At Pinkerton, the mission is to protect our clients. To do this, we provide enterprise risk management services and programs specifically designed for each client. Pinkerton employees are one of our most important assets and critical to the delivery of world-class solutions. Bonded together, we share a commitment to integrity, vigilance, and excellence.

Pinkerton is an inclusive employer who seeks candidates with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to join our family of industry subject matter experts.

The Area Access Management System Administrator, assigned to one of Pinkerton’s largest global clients, will require the ability to operate both at the tactical and operational levels. The Administrator ensures that only authorized persons are able to access the appropriate spaces while applying principles of the “Zero-Trust” model to the corporate security program. In this role, it is important to review logical connections between permissions groups and physical devices and auditing access levels to identify misconfigurations while validating that only verified persons have the relevant permissions, and autonomously driving the execution of necessary changes to the system to closure.

• Represent Pinkerton’s core values of integrity, vigilance, and excellence.
• Support the client’s Regional Program Security Manager on day-to-day approval of access requests across multiple sites and execute against individual need and verified persons lists.
• Proactively audit system connections between device and access permission to identify potential misconfigurations that could unintentionally allow unwanted access to restricted spaces
• Drive the execution of action items related to correcting misconfigurations or removing individual permissions to closure.
• Cultivate intimate understanding of space functions, owners, and occupying organizations that will allow the applicant to apply the principle of least privilege (PoLP) to individual permissions.
• Manage multiple area access management security workflows crucial to operational success.
• Analyze datasets and space layouts and leverage software systems to accomplish key tasks.
• Assist with security design and implementation for facilities.
• All other duties, as assigned.

Degree preferred, along with three or more years of experience in similar physical security roles including proficiency with Lenel OnGuard and experience with ticket processing and tracking using software like JIRA.

• Lenel access level design and management skills, preferred.
• Data entry or coding skills, preferred.
• Understanding of Python, SQL, and Splunk Search Processing language.
• Able to effectively troubleshoot within ambiguous environments.
• Root cause analysis skills.
• Able to communicate complex issues effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Results-oriented with a strong delivery focus.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively with global and remote teams across all levels within the organization.
• Attentive to detail and accuracy.
• Able to work efficiently to meet tight deadlines and prioritize workloads.
• Able to analyze both qualitative and quantitative metrics
• Computer skills; Microsoft Office.

Working Conditions:

With or without reasonable accommodation, requires the physical and mental capacity to effectively perform all essential functions;

• Regular computer usage.
• Occasional reaching and lifting of small objects and operating office equipment.
• Frequent sitting.
• Ability to work non-standard hours including earlier or later than 9:00 am - 5:00 pm plus weekends, as needed.
• Travel, as required.

Pinkerton is an equal opportunity employer to all applicants and positions without regard to race/ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, sex/gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital/prenatal status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, religion, creed, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any protected status by local, state, federal or country-specific law.

Benefit options include employer-paid life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D, medical, (HSA) Health Savings Account, (FSA) Flexible Savings Account, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(K), paid time off (vacation, personal, sick, and holidays) and several employee assistance-related programs. This information provides a brief benefit overview. Upon the acceptance of an employment offer, the new employee will receive comprehensive plan details based on specific eligibility rules.