Published: Dec 15, 2025 - The Security Professional safeguards an organization’s assets by implementing and maintaining physical and digital security measures. This role involves assessing potential threats, developing risk mitigation strategies, and ensuring compliance with relevant security regulations and protocols. The individual also collaborates with cross-functional teams, conducts regular audits, and responds to incidents to uphold a secure environment.

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1. Security Analyst, Merlin International Inc, Tysons, VA
Job Summary:
- Respond to and address alerts and tickets for security applications
- Support internal and customer auditing requirements
- Documentation of security-related procedures and standards
- Interface with customers on security-related issues
- Administration of security-related applications
- Eradicate malware infections
- Evaluate and test security application upgrades and patches
- Monitor and review for new security vulnerabilities and emerging threats
Skills on Resume:
- Alert Handling (Hard Skills)
- Audit Support (Hard Skills)
- Procedure Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Customer Communication (Soft Skills)
- Security Administration (Hard Skills)
- Malware Removal (Hard Skills)
- Patch Testing (Hard Skills)
- Threat Monitoring (Hard Skills)
2. Security Architect, Disruptive Solutions LLC, Vienna, VA
Job Summary:
- Play an integral role in defining and assessing the application development security architecture and practices
- Work with product architects and development teams to support the secure design and implementation of the solutions
- Carry out security threat modeling and threat analysis for web applications, provide security architecture, and advise on enterprise technology projects targeted for on-premises and SaaS implementation
- Coordinate with various project teams to communicate the necessity of security requirements and design constraints.
- Initiate the POC on the latest security systems, controls to enhance the critical products' security posture
- Advise product stakeholders on security risks and mitigation steps to strengthen product security posture
- Identify any gaps in existing application security controls and come up with recommendations and workaround solutions to minimize the risk
- Involved in supporting client security requirements and incidents to provide appropriate recommendations and in post-event analysis
- Stay up to date with the latest security systems, standards, authentication protocols, and security frameworks to guide the development team in implementing for new projects
Skills on Resume:
- Security Architecture (Hard Skills)
- Secure Design (Hard Skills)
- Threat Modeling (Hard Skills)
- Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- POC Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Hard Skills)
- Control Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Incident Support (Hard Skills)
3. Security Assistant, Moore Corp., Lanham, MD
Job Summary:
- Lead and direct the mall security function and provide a safe and secure environment for the shoppers and tenants of the mall.
- Develop plans and systems to maximize the safety of customers and mall assets.
- Develop the Mall Emergency Response Procedure and update it on an annual basis
- Establish and deliver safety plans that provide day-to-day internal and external security of the mall.
- Lead the emergency evacuation drills and ensure the upkeep of the routes for the same
- Handle emergencies like Fire, Accidents, Medical emergencies, etc.
- Lead the team of security guards to ensure the safety and security of the premises
- Ensure no loss is caused to property, equipment’s etc.
- Handle Frauds, theft cases, conflict management, etc.
- Work constantly on the productivity of the security team to ensure budgeted costs for the function are under control
- Plan and ensure proper deployments of Guards at the time of Events/Promotions
Skills on Resume:
- Security Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Safety Planning (Hard Skills)
- Emergency Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Security Operations (Hard Skills)
- Crisis Management (Soft Skills)
- Team Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Loss Prevention (Hard Skills)
- Guard Deployment (Hard Skills)
4. Security Associate, Waterleaf International LLC, Fort Myers, FL
Job Summary:
- Receives and greets all visitors
- Directs visitors to the appropriate place or contacts the appropriate Draper employee to accompany the visitor.
- Answers general visitor questions.
- Issues and manages visitor badges and maintains visitor records of arrival and departure using the required databases and Visitor Management System (VMS).
- Be responsible for processing incoming and outgoing classified visits through the Defense Information Security System (DISS).
- Assists in providing administrative support for the Security Information Management System (SIMS).
- Enforces appropriate internal security directives.
- Badg, security briefings execution, processing incoming and outgoing classified visits, and other related items.
- Emphasis is placed on presenting a professional image through a neat appearance combined with an upbeat attitude.
- Deal effectively with many and varied visitor needs.
Skills on Resume:
- Visitor Reception (Soft Skills)
- Visitor Direction (Soft Skills)
- Badge Management (Hard Skills)
- Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Classified Processing (Hard Skills)
- Administrative Support (Hard Skills)
- Policy Enforcement (Hard Skills)
- Customer Interaction (Soft Skills)
5. Information Security Analyst, Missionbox Solutions, Washington, DC
Job Summary:
- Working with front-line management to ensure compliance with Corporate Information Security Policy and improve awareness and adherence to policy.
- Facilitating remediation to ensure the risk that was identified is properly addressed for the root cause.
- Assessing and summarizing trends of information security risks identified through DLP Remediation efforts.
- Supporting complex ad hoc analysis and reporting to support the DLP program
- Providing a credible challenge when working with front-line partners
- Documenting and mapping complex processes
- Identifying gaps or findings and tracking remediation activities throughout the lifecycle, and communicating with key program stakeholders on trends.
- Communicating effectively with all levels of management
- Developing an action plan to mitigate risk by engaging with technology teams, security architecture, engineering teams, and investigative teams.
- Ensuring compliance with the Information Security Program
Skills on Resume:
- Policy Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Risk Remediation (Hard Skills)
- Risk Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Credible Challenge (Soft Skills)
- Process Mapping (Hard Skills)
- Gap Identification (Hard Skills)
- Management Communication (Soft Skills)
6. Security Consultant, Inversion6 LLC, Westlake, OH
Job Summary:
- Work with multiple teams to design, implement, and maintain the internal network and the server environment, both development and production.
- Help to design and implement security in a cloud environment.
- Create on-demand orchestration environments in public and private clouds for use by development and test teams.
- Assist in maintaining information security practices and procedures.
- Design and implement automation of various security tools.
- Develop Security and Data Protection plans and policies as a member of the Security Board.
- Work with both internal and external groups to ensure systems are securely integrated, configured, managed, and supported in production.
- Ensure DevOps infrastructure and services maintain the required level of availability, reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Proactively testing the organization’s systems for security weaknesses and potential vulnerabilities.
- Build operational monitoring and alerts for lab solutions to track problems and identify areas of improvement.
Skills on Resume:
- Network Management (Hard Skills)
- Cloud Security (Hard Skills)
- Cloud Orchestration (Hard Skills)
- Security Procedures (Hard Skills)
- Tool Automation (Hard Skills)
- Policy Development (Hard Skills)
- System Integration (Hard Skills)
- Infrastructure Reliability (Hard Skills)
7. Senior Security Consultant, Noble Federal Credit Union, Fresno, CA
Job Summary:
- Develop and manage security compliance program elements and related activities towards demonstrating and managing adherence to set standards
- Act as an independent review and evaluation body to ensure that security compliance issues and concerns are being appropriately evaluated, investigated, and resolved
- Prioritize in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and adapt to changing priority schedules
- Monitor and coordinate compliance activities and identify trends
- Monitor the performance of compliance programs and take appropriate steps to improve effectiveness
- Provide responses to ongoing client audit requirements, maintain security and privacy governance plans, and develop new security management and risk assessment deliverables
- Identify potential areas of vulnerability and risk
- Develop/implement corrective action plans for the resolution of problematic issues, and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future
Skills on Resume:
- Compliance Management (Hard Skills)
- Issue Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Priority Handling (Soft Skills)
- Trend Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Program Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Audit Response (Hard Skills)
- Risk Identification (Hard Skills)
- Corrective Planning (Hard Skills)
8. Security Coordinator, Data Intelligence LLC, Dahlgren, VA
Job Summary:
- Provide leadership and strategic guidance to ensure safety and security for project personnel, resources, equipment, offices, and project information
- Analyze risks, build links with stakeholders and partners
- Develop materials and train personnel in their implementation, and share information on the local context and the standards for operating procedures
- Manage and update emergency action plan, security policies, and project operating procedure standards, and implement procedures to operate safely
- Report on incidents and the current security situation
- Build and improve safety relationships with local contacts
- Strengthen the safety skills and habits of project staff
- Support the implementation of local security requirements
Skills on Resume:
- Security Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Risk Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Procedure Training (Hard Skills)
- Emergency Planning (Hard Skills)
- Incident Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Safety Relations (Soft Skills)
- Staff Development (Soft Skills)
9. Security Director, Sonoma Consulting Inc., Glenview, IL
Job Summary:
- Evaluate and monitor the physical and digital security risks facing the enterprise.
- Lead the development and successful implementation of a tailored security risk management program.
- Inform and advise corporate leadership on all security-related matters impacting or potentially impacting the enterprise.
- Manage, train, and mentor all in-house security staff.
- Undertake due diligence and close supervision of any potential or assigned security vendors.
- Ensure the development of a strong corporate security culture.
- Develop and communicate security team goals, priorities, and efficiencies to ensure outstanding performance.
- Maintain effective relationships across all corporate teams, developing opportunities for cross-team collaborations.
Skills on Resume:
- Risk Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Program Development (Hard Skills)
- Executive Advising (Soft Skills)
- Staff Mentoring (Soft Skills)
- Vendor Oversight (Hard Skills)
- Security Culture (Soft Skills)
- Goal Communication (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
10. Security Dispatcher General, Duvari Group, Saint Louis, MO
Job Summary:
- Partner with other departments to provide clients with the highest quality of services.
- Check for any open shifts and fill any necessary hours with properly trained personnel.
- Record any officers calling on or off duty with accuracy.
- Build any new incoming construction sites and schedule officers.
- Assist schedulers with verifying that all hours and information stay accurate in the scheduling program.
- Communicate any questions to resolve issues.
- Report any pertinent information to staff members daily.
- Dispatch any police, fire, or ambulances to situations as they arise and report to the on-duty staff.
- Create reports for incidents as they occur and forward them to management promptly.
Skills on Resume:
- Client Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Shift Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Duty Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Site Setup (Hard Skills)
- Data Verification (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Daily Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Emergency Dispatch (Hard Skills)
11. Application Security Engineer, Gateway Protective Services, Charlotte, NC
Job Summary:
- Develop, integrate, and test security controls within the application development framework.
- Build strong relationships with peers across functions through collaborative engineering operations and initiatives.
- Engages with developers to provide remediation support.
- Design and implement automated solutions to meet security needs.
- Designs and develops system-security measures to ensure adequate controls are fully integrated.
- Validates current and future-state architectural models to assess impact across all security technology systems.
- Analyzes security access risk gaps and recommends mitigating and compensating security controls.
- Leads and participates in outage/SWAT meetings to mitigate security access issues.
- Implements security best practices and standards across varied engineering teams and environments.
- Conducts code reviews with a combination of static testing, manual reviews, and dynamic analysis.
- Performs application design reviews of internal products and applications.
- Assists in vulnerability assessments of internal products and applications.
- Participate in and conduct application threat modeling exercises in order to identify and drive risk decisions, and influence technical designs and architectures.
Skills on Resume:
- Control Integration (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Automation Design (Hard Skills)
- Risk Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Code Review (Hard Skills)
- Design Review (Hard Skills)
- Threat Modeling (Hard Skills)
- Issue Mitigation (Soft Skills)
12. Lead Security Engineer, Horizon Risk Advisors, Portland, OR
Job Summary:
- Lead challenging service engagements with complex technology stacks across multiple modalities
- Interface with clients, establishing technical competency, and delivering complex projects
- Develop mitigation strategies for keeping the customers safe
- Develop comprehensive reports and presentations for the customers
- Improve team tradecraft, techniques, and tooling
- Provide technical mentorship for junior security engineers
Skills on Resume:
- Service Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Client Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Hard Skills)
- Report Development (Hard Skills)
- Tradecraft Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Technical Mentorship (Soft Skills)
- Tool Enhancement (Hard Skills)
- Project Delivery (Hard Skills)
13. Security Guard, Sentinel Watch Solutions, Austin, TX
Job Summary:
- Carries out onsite security activities to ensure the security of staff and customers in the center
- Maintains and follows security procedures for building accessibility and related activities (maintenance of visitor logs, sign-in and out procedures)
- Monitors the facility and makes recommendations for security improvements
- Follows escalation procedures for security threats or issues, including evacuation procedures
- Follows security procedures and provides input to management for improvements
- Reports any breaches related to security
- Participates in the coordination of fire drills and mock evacuation exercises
- Conducts regular physical inspection of the facility, reports any security or safety issues to the supervisor
Skills on Resume:
- Security Operations (Hard Skills)
- Access Control (Hard Skills)
- Facility Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Threat Escalation (Hard Skills)
- Procedure Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Incident Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Drill Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Facility Inspection (Hard Skills)
14. Security Manager, ShieldPoint Technologies, Raleigh, NC
Job Summary:
- Performs site security audits/assessments to identify security lapses and risks.
- Inspects buildings and grounds as it pertains to protection from intruders, fire hazards, theft, and vandalism.
- Ensures compliance with standard operating procedures regarding restriction of access and badge authentication.
- Advises senior management on security concerns and makes appropriate recommendations for correction and/or escalation.
- Initiates, renews, and monitors all contract personnel’s security clearances.
- Oversees the physical security programs and processes within the contracted facilities, including physical alarm systems and supported programs.
- Conducts security awareness and training to operational staff.
- Oversees and tracks compliance of all contracted employees in reference to mandatory security class completion.
- Works to ensure compliance with all corporate policies and regulatory statutes.
- Actively participates in continuing education and the motivation of employees to achieve company, customer, and overall loss prevention goals.
- Performs and provides reports for management review and action.
- Manages the key control program, which involves accountability, issues, and receiving all keys.
- Stays abreast of investigative and interviewing techniques and procedures and maintains positive interaction with local law enforcement agencies to assist in minimal loss prevention.
- Ensures that all contracted sites are in compliance
Skills on Resume:
- Security Auditing (Hard Skills)
- Facility Inspection (Hard Skills)
- Access Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Management Advising (Soft Skills)
- Clearance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Physical Security (Hard Skills)
- Staff Training (Soft Skills)
- Policy Compliance (Hard Skills)
15. Security Project Manager, IronGate Security Group, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Manage end-to-end project management from initiation to post-implementation on cybersecurity matters.
- Manage the whole project life cycle, including setting objectives, resource management, risk management, and scheduling.
- Lead the project and IT Security documentation, including Business/Functional/Requirements Docs/Test Plan, and Cases, etc.
- Drive technical solution definitions, technology selections, work plans, and activities flow.
- Work with the infrastructure team to understand obstacles and difficulties.
- Monitor project resources and project financial status.
- Work with technical teams, business users, legal, operations, audit, and vendors across the whole project lifecycle.
- Identify and capture risks and exceptions, and subsequently monitor, track, and manage them
Skills on Resume:
- Project Management (Hard Skills)
- Lifecycle Planning (Hard Skills)
- Security Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Solution Design (Hard Skills)
- Obstacle Resolution (Soft Skills)
- Resource Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Risk Management (Hard Skills)
16. Security Supervisor, SecurePath Consulting, Seattle, WA
Job Summary:
- Supervise the client’s site to deliver a professional service on behalf of Axis Security
- Liaise with the Site Manager or Account Managers to escalate relevant site issues
- Ensure 100% compliance with the Assignment Instructions for the site
- Ensure health and safety requirements are met at all times
- Provide first-line response to all incidents in relation to fire, security, and health and safety matters
- Support the team of security officers deployed to the site
- Ensure all security officers meet the requirements for the site
- Provide training to security officers and challenge poor performance
- Ensure all staff are updated with any changes in company policies or client expectations
Skills on Resume:
- Site Supervision (Soft Skills)
- Issue Escalation (Soft Skills)
- Instruction Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Safety Management (Hard Skills)
- Incident Response (Hard Skills)
- Team Support (Soft Skills)
- Officer Qualification (Hard Skills)
- Staff Training (Soft Skills)