Project Overview: Northern Trust is looking for an experienced resource to support Global Physical Security Systems, a suite of applications that control secure access (eg building badging, security cameras, etc.) to Northern Trust facilities globally.

Contractor's Role:
• Supports, monitors, and maintains security/access systems and facilitates product upgrades.

Experience Level: Mid Level 2 (3-7 yrs)

Qualifications:
• 3-5 years of experience in Information Security and application support for physical security applications.
• 2 - 3 years of experience in deployment, implementation and upgrades of physical security applications for badging and building access.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar
• General understand of project/program management processes
• Knowledge of software, hardware and systems development life cycles and process improvement techniques
• Ability to troubleshoot issues, escalate to vendor or internal support teams and track through resolution
• Change management process and controls

Nice to Haves:
• Experience with RS2 AccessIT, Bold Technology Manitou, March Networks Security DVR, Bosch Remote Programming System (RPS) & D6200, Stopware Passagepoint Global and Traka (TrakaWeb) systems a plus.
• Knowledge of MS SQL database and ability to write basic queries
• Ability to describe highly technical information in an understandable level to any audience.
• Ability to work with minimal direction on a variety of requirements.
• Experience in Windows programming (.Net, VB Scripting, PowerShell, Administrative scripting) a plus.

Tasks & responsibilities:
Analyzes, evaluates, determines, and directs testing, implementation, upgrades, and quality control of all application development and support work affecting assigned physical security systems.
• Perform health check monitoring on all physical security servers and applications to ensure consistent availability of the system to end-user.
• Ability to document installation procedures, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), DR plans etc.

Required Skills : Junior engineer to help support applications (more support role with engineering aspect): 3-7 years of experience, working on application upgrades, troubleshoot apps or server based applications, understand databases (how they table design and query databases), handling ServiceNow tickets
Basic Qualification :
Additional Skills : One year contract with possibility of extension or converting to permanent, fully remote
Background Check :Yes
Notes :
Selling points for candidate :One year contract with possibility of extension or converting to permanent, fully remote
Project Verification Info :
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set : :No
Type of project :Architecture/Design
Master Job Title :Security Engineer
Branch Code :Chicago