Physical Security Systems Engineer III

Job Title: Physical Security Systems Engineer III

Job Type: Corporate Office

Date: Feb 12, 2026

Location: TULSA, OK, US, 74134

This position is a technical leader responsible for the design, development, implementation, integration, maintenance, governance, and continuous improvement of all physical security technologies and low voltage security solutions for Quik Trip. It ensures systems and platforms meet Quik Trip’s needs to protect people and property by integrating interconnected hardware and software components across multiple layers of security. The role focuses on prioritization and ongoing enhancement of processes, tools, and technologies, addressing current implementations while driving R&D efforts to modernize platforms and deliver business value.

It will participate in multiple projects throughout all lifecycle phases, following established standards and procedures, and will ensure that monitoring, uptime, security, and governance of physical security systems remain a top priority. The position provides Tier 3 technical support for enterprise physical security systems, requires constant problem‑solving, and is heavily reliant on collaboration across diverse enterprise teams and stakeholders. It serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all physical security systems and platforms used at Quik Trip.

• Oversee, lead, plan, design, and implement physical security technologies at a high-quality level in waterfall or agile projects.
• Lead efforts to maximize automation for provisioning, maintenance, and monitoring of solutions designed to minimize impact on operations teams.
• Provide senior-level engineering, implementation, administration, support, documentation, and design for physical security enterprise systems.
• Ensure designs meet industry best practices, standards, and any security and compliance requirements at Quik Trip.
• Lead collaboration with third parties to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Effectively document support methods and tasks for transition to operations teams.
• Analyze current infrastructure utilization and assist in the planning for future growth and upgrade needs based on capacity planning information.
• With minimal supervision, work with project teams to determine needs and make technical recommendations to ensure correct server and storage options are designed and installed.

• Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve complex problems to meet business needs.
• Liaison between vendors, and customers to ensure timely resolution of issues and keeping stakeholders informed.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to streamline tasks, reduce risk, and improve long-term reliability.
• Maintain knowledge of common support issues for physical security systems technology and work with operations teams to maximize the use of automation to reduce support costs.
• Provide 24x7 emergency on-call support for physical security systems on a rotating basis with the other members of the team.

• Provide effective leadership and intentional mentoring to IT staff to ensure task and responsibilities for the team are completed in a timely manner.
• Conceive, define, develop, and deploy tools/processes which automate QT’s physical security technology to produce higher business value and employee/customer safety.
• Maintain technical competence and relevance on existing and emerging physical security systems and automation technologies.
• Drive the use of automation processes for provisioning, maintaining, and monitoring hardware and software solutions designed for minimal impact to Store and IT teams.
• Work with technology and business partners on R&D efforts to modernize physical security.
• Lead in the development of policies, standards, guidelines, and reference architectures to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company.
• Seek input from team members and supervisors on areas to improve own skill set.
• Apply feedback received into day-to-day work and strive to improve personal performance.
• Train team members and SOC…