Research Security Coordinator III (On Site)

at  Georgia Tech

ABOUT US

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech’s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech’s Mission and Values
Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

JOB SUMMARY

Coordinate and maintain access control and monitoring systems including physical security within closed and restricted areas and facilitate the safeguarding and control of classified materials in support of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) classified research efforts and in compliance with applicable governmental security regulations. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: research management and staff, contract guard personnel, and visitors. This position typically will advise and counsel: research management and staff. This position will supervise: NA.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Associate’s Degree, Technical Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Overnight travel requecurityed for project delivery; flexibility in on-site daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules, project requecurityements).

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Four to five years of job-related experience

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Industrial Security Professional certification Knowledge of Security Information Management Systems (SIMS) and Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS)

PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree

SKILLS

This job requires working knowledge of physical security processes and standards as specified through the Department of Defense (DoD) Physical Security Requirements or Department of Homeland Physical Security Standards. Managing visitor movement through controlled space, closed circuit television operation and monitoring equipment and guard force operations are required as is use of specialized security related software systems.