Principal Physical Security Systems Engineer, Global

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.

Your Opportunity, Your Team
QVC Group runs a live, always-on retail operation across seven countries, and the physical security systems behind it have to perform without exception. As our Principal Physical Security Systems Engineer, Global, you will own the technology backbone of our physical security program and lead the modernization of the security systems technology stack: the access control platforms, networked security systems, and connected devices that protect our people, sites, and operations worldwide.

Reporting to the Director, Global Security, you will be the recognized technical expert for these systems. You will keep them reliable and performant across every region while driving the technical work to modernize, integrate, and scale the infrastructure for what comes next. This is a hands-on technical role with global reach. You will work side by side with IT and cross-functional partners to keep security and technology moving in the same direction.

If you know enterprise physical security infrastructure deeply and want to own it end to end while leading a meaningful modernization at global scale, this is the role.

Where You'll Work
This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our West Chester, PA headquarters (Studio Park) several days per month (onsite days are predetermined and standard across the company). Job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware.

Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

What You'll Do

• Lead the technical modernization of the physical security systems technology stack, from current-state assessment through design, integration, and rollout.
• Own the global physical security systems infrastructure, ensuring reliability and performance across all regions.
• Serve as the technical authority for access control and networked security systems, resolving complex and often ambiguous issues end to end.
• Evaluate and integrate new physical security technologies and scale systems to meet evolving organizational needs.
• Oversee device deployment, system upgrades, and ongoing performance monitoring across the global footprint.
• Partner closely with IT and cross-functional teams to align physical security infrastructure with broader technology initiatives.
• Develop and maintain standards, documentation, and best practices for physical security systems.
• Act as a technical resource and informal mentor to colleagues working with these systems.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience with physical security systems, access control platforms, and system integrations.
• Experience leading or playing a lead technical role in physical security infrastructure upgrades, migrations, or modernization efforts.
• Demonstrated experience operating at global scale, supporting and maintaining infrastructure across multiple regions.
• Deep technical expertise across the intersection of security operations, technology, and connected systems.
• A track record of scaling physical security programs and infrastructure to meet growing organizational needs.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, partnering effectively with IT and technology teams.
• Private-sector physical security infrastructure experience is preferred.

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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you'll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.


QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io for assistance.


If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.