Job Number 1906024


Technician, Campus Electronic Security




This position is past the Close Date, no more applications will be accepted.
Position Information

Location Service Center
Hours Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Salary Technician 5/119 ($36,010.00 - $51,443.00)
FLSA Status Non-Exempt
Reports To Supervisor, Campus Electronic Security
Criminal Background Check
College Profile

Austin Community College (ACC) is a public two-year institution that serves a diverse population of approximately 41,000 credit students each fall and spring semester. Our identity as a community college is reflected in our mission statement. We seek to ensure student success and community development by providing affordable access to higher education and workforce training, through traditional and distance learning modes, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
 
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain faculty and staff that:
  • Reflect the multicultural diversity of our community.
  • Value intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching.
  • Are attracted by the college mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities.
  • Care about student success for all students regardless of race and collaborate on strategies to facilitate success for underrepresented populations.
  • Welcome diversity and model respectful interaction with others.
  • Engage with the community both within and outside of ACC.

Our Mission

The Austin Community College District promotes student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training in its service area.

For more information, see http://www.austincc.edu/about-acc/mission-statement.

Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

ACC is committed to the ongoing systemic changes needed to ensure the increased recruitment, inclusion, retention, and completion of historically underserved and underrepresented populations. Through continual strategic community engagement and professional development of administrators, faculty, staff, and students, the college demonstrates its dedication to fostering a culture and climate for equitable outcomes.

As an open access and low-cost institution, ACC is proud to serve a diverse student body. Dedicated faculty members are excellent professors who help students achieve their educational goals and are sensitive to the diverse cultures and socio-economic backgrounds of our students. In 2017 our faculty adopted a Statement of ACC Faculty Values. This Statement affirms that ACC's faculty members value collaboration, service, agency, scholarship, inclusion, and teaching, all of which attest to our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our mission.

General Statement of Job

Install, implement, maintain, and support physical security systems within Austin Community College (ACC) college wide to deny access to unauthorized personnel from physically accessing facilities, resources or stored data and increase protection of personnel and assets from damage and harm.

Description of Duties and Tasks

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  1. Performs day-to-day administration of security related tasks such as physical access control, logical access to physical security systems, system and device health checks, and campus communications as needed.
  2. Responsible for providing availability, reliability, and dependability of security systems through proper maintenance, proactive monitoring, and coordination with infrastructure teams.
  3. Performs service/installation of access control, intrusion alarm, closed circuit television systems, and other various security-related systems.
  4. Performs testing and validation of installations and repairs using a variety of tools for network and power analysis.
  5. Evaluates, diagnoses, troubleshoots systems, and performs maintenance, configuration changes and  repairs as necessary.
  6. Performs data entry as required to add monitored points and new configuration items across each system, as needed.
  7. Performs upgrades, updates, additions, and integrations  to systems in order to increase functionality and usability; coordinates with relevant system administrators to perform additional tasks related to the infrastructure.
  8. Coordinates with administration, departments and external groups to resolve security related issues by applying technical solutions.
  9. Prepares documentation of current systems, changes to configuration items, inventory, tasks and daily service request, etc. to keep accurate records of physical security systems.
  10. Responds to emergency situations during or after hours for the purpose of resolving immediate safety/security concerns.
  11. Assists other college and external personnel as may be required for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities (i.e., coordination with electricians, locksmith, carpenters, etc.)
  12. Provides end user support and guidance on physical security software, hardware and systems usage, ranging from beginners to expert users.

Knowledge

Must possess required knowledge and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Skills

Must possess required skills and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

Technology Skills

Required Work Experience

Preferred Work Experience

Required Education

Preferred Education

Special Requirements

Licenses/Certifications; Other

Other Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements

Safety

Information for This Posting Only

ACC Benefits Overview

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC as its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Austin Community College provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under the Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.