The protective services supporter β coordinating security operations activities and administrative functions.
As a Security Operations Coordinator, you support security operations with coordination and administrative activities. You're managing schedules, tracking incidents, coordinating with security teams, and ensuring security operations have effective support.
Your day supports security operations. You might manage security schedules, then track incident reports, then coordinate access requests, then handle badge administration, then prepare security reports. You're ensuring security operations function effectively.
The hardest part is maintaining security focus while handling administrative activities. Security requires vigilance; you need to stay alert while managing coordination tasks. The people who thrive here are detail-oriented, security-conscious, and effective at administrative support.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape β and where it can take you.
Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape β helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.
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Median pay for a Security Operations Manager (security Ops Manager) Coordinator is about $105K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $63K to $173K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Judgment and Decision Making, and Complex Problem Solving.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 3.8% through 2034, with roughly 141,090 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Security Operations Manager (Security Ops Manager), Security Supervisor, and IS Security Manager (Information Systems Security Manager).
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