Security Manager resume example
A resume for a Security Manager needs to show the work itself: direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities. Day to day that means work like this: analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment; assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.
Also advertised as
The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- Corporate Physical Security Supervisor
- Corporate Security Manager
- Security Director
- CSO
- Armed Security Supervisor
- Chief Security Officer
- Corporate Security Director
- Enterprise Services Manager
- Internal Security Manager
- Museum Security Chief
- Physical Security Manager
- Safety Manager
- Safety System Support Manager
- Security Field Supervisor
- Security Guard Supervisor
- Security Infrastructure Manager
- Security Management Director
- Security Officer Site Supervisor
O*NET records 26 titles for this occupation in total.
What this work actually involves
Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.
- Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment.
- Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents.
- Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations.
- Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols.
- Conduct physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.
- Conduct threat or vulnerability analyses to determine probable frequency, criticality, consequence, or severity of natural or man-made disasters or criminal activity on the organization's profitability or delivery of products or services.
- Coordinate security operations or activities with public law enforcement, fire and other agencies.
- Create or implement security standards, policies, and procedures.
- Develop budgets for security operations.
- Develop or manage investigation programs, including collection and preservation of video and notes of surveillance processes or investigative interviews.
- Develop, arrange for, perform, or assess executive protection activities to reduce security risks.
- Develop, conduct, support, or assist in governmental reviews, internal corporate evaluations, or assessments of the overall effectiveness of facility and personnel security processes.
28 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.
Example bullets for this role
Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.
- Analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operations, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
- Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using established protocols, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Software used in this role
Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.
- Alarm system software
- Amazon Web Services AWS software
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- Emergency notification system software
- FieldSoft AIMSonScene
- Firewall software
- Graphics software
- Human resources management system HRMS
- Incident command system ICS software
- Inventory tracking software
- Maintenance management software
- Mapping software
- McAfee
33 software entries are recorded in total.
Tools and equipment
The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.
- Approach detection systems
- Computer laser printers
- Explosives detectors
- Fire alarm systems
- Keyless entry systems
- Laptop computers
- Multiline telephone systems
- Personal computers
- Physical access control systems
- Security alarm systems
- Teleconferencing equipment
- Video surveillance systems
Skills an ATS reads for
Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.
- supervise employees
What level this role is pitched at
O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Common questions
- What does a Security Manager do?
- Direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities. Day to day that includes work like analyze and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement through auditing, review, or assessment and Assess risks to mitigate potential consequences of incidents and develop a plan to respond to incidents.
- What software should a Security Manager list?
- Software recorded for this occupation includes Alarm system software, Amazon Web Services AWS software, Corel WordPerfect Office Suite, Emergency notification system software, and Facebook. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
- What other job titles cover Security Manager work?
- O*NET records 26 titles for this occupation, including Corporate Physical Security Supervisor, Corporate Security Manager, Security Director, and CSO. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
- Will this resume pass an ATS for a Security Manager role?
- No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.
Related roles
Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.
What this page cannot tell you
- No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
- This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
- Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.
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