Physical Security Specialist

Physical Security

Job Family:

Corporate Services General (India)

Travel Required:

None

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

• Supports physical security programs (PSP) and key components of our business continuity programs (BCP) to holistically address the company’s operational security and continuity of business operation’s needs.
• Contributes to providing for the physical protection of employees, visitors, facilities, and information..
• Contributes to conducting business impact analysis (BIA) to ensure consistency of compliance across the physical security enterprise.
• Assists with day-to-day security activities including access control, incident reporting, loss prevention, and coordination with internal teams and external agencies.
• Ensures compliance with company policies, legal requirements, and applicable regulations.
• Supports execution of physical security operations across assigned sites or functions.
• Contributes to achieving operational targets related to safety, access control, incident management, and loss prevention.
• Escalates security incidents, risks, and non-compliance issues appropriately.
• Communicates with internal stakeholders and external parties such as security vendors, building management, and local authorities.
• Maintains accurate reports, logs, and security documentation.
• Support day‑to‑day PSP operations across office locations and facilities.
• Ensuring company alignment Crisis Management and BCP protocols.
• Assist with access control management—including badge issuance, visitor management, access reviews, and ensuring continuity of access during disruptions or emergencies.
• Monitor, document, and report security incidents, safety events, and continuity‑related impacts in support of PSP and BCM reporting standards.
• Compile data for incident, accident, loss control, and business continuity impact reports to support trend analysis and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate with police, emergency services, crisis response teams, and external agencies as required to support both physical security and crisis management needs.
• Support security audits.
• Maintain security records, manuals, continuity plans, and documentation to ensure audit readiness and program accuracy.
• Assist with conducting BIAs across business units to identify critical processes, recovery requirements (RTO/RPO), and operational dependencies.
• Assist in maintaining and updating Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), documentation, templates, and continuity dashboards.
• Support continuity risk assessments and identify operational vulnerabilities or single points of failure.
• Assist with continuity exercises, plan validations, and lessons‑learned tracking.
• Prepare summaries and reporting for leadership, ensuring audit‑ready documentation.
• Supports moderately complex projects, processes, or operations within the physical security function.
• Assist in maintaining and updating Business Continuity Plans (BCPs), documentation, templates, and continuity dashboards.
• Support continuity risk assessments and identify operational vulnerabilities or single points of failure.
• Assist with continuity exercises, plan validations, and lessons‑learned tracking.
• Prepare summaries and reporting for leadership, ensuring audit‑ready documentation.
• Supports execution of physical security operations across assigned sites or functions.
• Contributes to achieving operational targets related to safety, access control, incident management, and loss prevention.
• Escalates security incidents, risks, and non-compliance issues appropriately.
• Communicates with internal stakeholders and external parties such as security vendors, building management, and local authorities.
• Maintains accurate reports, logs, and security documentation.
• Apply standard security procedures and practices to resolve routine and moderately complex issues.
• Identifies operational risks or gaps and recommends improvements within established guidelines.
• Escalates non-standard or higher-risk issues.
• Uses judgment based on experience to support effective incident response.
• Supports moderately complex projects, processes, or operations within the physical security function.
• Delivers assigned operational objectives with direct contribution to team outcomes.
• Works under general supervision, following defined policies, standards, and procedures.
• Assist with conducting BIAs across business units to identify critical processes, recovery requirements (RTO/RPO), and operational dependencies.

What You Will Need:

•  University degree or equivalent relevant qualification in fields such as Security Management, Business Continuity, Emergency Management, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
• Understanding of corporate security policies, regulatory requirements, and foundational BCM/BIA concepts, including recovery objectives, risk identification, and continuity planning expectations.
• Strong documentation, communication, and coordination skills, including the ability to clearly capture incident details, continuity impacts, BIA findings, and crisis response actions for both operational teams and leadership.
• Delivers assigned operational objectives with direct contribution to team outcomes.
• Works under general supervision, following defined policies, standards, and procedures.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Willingness to take up challenging role, enthusiastic, proactive
• Collaborative approach and work well with team members
• Must be a keen learner
• Apply standard security procedures and practices to resolve routine and moderately complex issues.
• Identifies operational risks or gaps and recommends improvements within established guidelines.
• Escalates non-standard or higher-risk issues.
• Uses judgment based on experience to support effective incident response.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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Experience Level

Mid Level