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Security Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what security managers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most security managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Security manager with a focus on protecting people, property and information across large sites. Experienced in leading security officer teams, developing site procedures and emergency response plans, and overseeing access control and surveillance systems. Strong background in risk assessment, regulatory compliance and incident investigation.
Key skills
- Security operations
- Risk and internal controls
- Regulatory compliance
- Operations management
- Budgeting and forecasting
- People leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Genetec Security Center
- Milestone XProtect
- Lenel OnGuard
- Noggin
- Microsoft Excel
Experience: example bullet points
- Developed and implemented site security policies and emergency response plans for a shopping centre with over 100 tenants, cutting evacuation drill times from eight minutes to five.
- Led a team of 20 security officers across a hospital campus, rostering, training and supervising staff to maintain 24/7 coverage while reducing overtime hours from 200 to 120 per month.
- Conducted comprehensive risk assessments and audits of access controls and surveillance systems for a government agency, identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in the perimeter and internal access points, resulting in a noticeable drop in security breaches.
- Oversaw the integration of Genetec Security Center and Milestone XProtect across multiple sites, improving incident response coordination between security teams and local police.
- Investigated security breaches and prepared detailed incident reports for clients, insurers and regulators, with reports consistently accepted in insurance claims and regulatory audits.
Education
Common pathways include a Bachelor degree in security management or criminology, a Diploma of Security and Risk Management, or a Certificate IV in Security and Risk Management, always accompanied by a state or territory security licence.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Security Manager
- Security operations
- Risk assessment
- Access control
- CCTV
- Incident response
- Security licence
- ASIAL
- WHS
- Emergency management
- Security policies
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Genetec Security Center
- Milestone XProtect
- Lenel OnGuard
- Noggin
- Microsoft Excel
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.