Video Surveillance and Building Security Expert

Location: Geneva · Contract: Permanent · Assignment: long term · Rate: 100% · Start: January 2027

For one of our clients based in Geneva, we are looking for an experienced Video Surveillance and Building Security Expert.

Context

Within the Networks & Telecoms team, you design solutions and lead security projects for the communication infrastructure perimeter: video surveillance, access control, intercom, alarms and securing technical premises.

The position is subject to a clearance procedure.

Your missions

• Design the organisation's video surveillance infrastructure

• Participate in integration projects of various security platforms

• Participate in security hypervisor projects for sensitive sites

• Design security systems for telecom premises and data centres

• Ensure the monitoring of systems you are responsible for in terms of licences, support periods and end of life

• Develop test plans and conduct test campaigns

• Assess risks and take appropriate measures to reduce or mitigate them during maintenance and operations you are in charge of

• Keep up to date with technology in video surveillance systems (research, technical reading, supplier presentations and seminars)

• Act as an expert on the various available solutions and present them to internal clients

• Advise internal clients on the choice of locations and types of cameras

• Write specifications for video surveillance systems and participate in calls for tenders

• Ensure sector on-call duties according to the established schedule (standby)

• Handle faults on the video surveillance infrastructure

• Document projects and sites

• Use the management tools in place (ITSM, Jira, etc.)

Education

• HES engineering degree in computer science or telecommunications (Master's level)

Essential skills

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience, including at least 5 years as a video surveillance and building security engineer

• 5 years or more experience commissioning large-scale video surveillance architectures (over 1,000 cameras)

• Integration of platforms with various enterprise IT systems (IAM in particular)

• Migration of complex systems (VMS changes, updates without interruption)

• Experience with security hypervisors and the various related systems

• Experience configuring access controls, intercoms and alarm systems

A plus

• Ability to liaise with experts from vendors or integrators and to manage a mandate

• Knowledge of Milestone plugins and ecosystem (Interconnect, RTSP gateways, etc.)

• Skills in network architectures, servers, storage and Active Directory

Personal qualities

• Ability to adapt to a complex organisational environment

• Autonomy, sense of responsibility, dynamism, rigour, availability and commitment

• Initiative and ability to work under stress

• Ability to lead a team and share knowledge

• Open attitude towards change

• Respect for rules, standards and organisational methods

• Good writing skills and ease of expression

• Ability to self-reflect and pursue training