INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTOR JOBS THAT ARE HIRING
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OVERSEAS SECURITY CONTRACTOR JOBS ALWAYS HIRING
Below you will see the current roster of security contractors or private military contractors recruiting for base guard and escort positions around the world. These are long-standing contracts (or I expect them to be) working on U.S. military bases, State Department facilities, and for the UN supporting peacekeeping missions.
POSITIONS NOT INCLUDED HERE:
THREE-LETTER POSITIONS
I won’t include any high-speed contracts here, like the CIA’s GRS or PSD positions within the WPS III contracts. All of those positions require a resume so chock-full of special this and special that, Velcro, and dip that if you do qualify for any of them, you already know. These are the “all others need not apply” jobs in the overseas security industry.
ONE-OFF OR LOW-QUALITY POSITIONS
Additionally, any positions looking for one candidate, or those that close the door once they get enough résumés, won’t be here either. We also won’t include any low-quality positions like cruise line guard jobs.
ANYTHING BEYOND A SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE
If you already have a TS/SCI with a Lifestyle and National Security Poly, then you are already employed, and if you don’t have those clearances, you can’t even apply in the first place.
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
ENTRY-LEVEL PATH POSITIONS WITH INDUSTRY UPWARD MOBILITY
The positions we list here only require a couple of years of military or relevant security experience for positions with major industry players in the overseas security industry. Once you get a foot in the door and a few year-long contracts under your belt, you can either laterally move up within the company you currently work for, or you can now start applying for higher-speed positions.
IN WHAT ORDER ARE THEY POSTED
No particular order, but we do try to put the position you are most likely to get hired for in the first position. How do we know which job is the easiest? Through the contractor grapevine and by understanding the industry and its hiring patterns from our decades of industry experience.
FYI: ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS SUCK
All of the force protection jobs, especially the lower-rung ones that are posted here, just suck, it’s the way it is. I started in the overseas security contracting industry two decades ago. And the only thing that has ever remained consistent in this industry is how badly run most force protection contracts are.
The pay sucks (starting around $40K a year), housing sucks, transportation to work sucks, on-duty food sucks, upper management sucks, middle management sucks, 99% of your coworkers will suck, you will only get two weeks of leave for the entire year, and that sucks. The country you will be in sucks. It all sucks on force protection contracts.
THIS IS HOW EVERYONE STARTS IN THE OVERSEAS SECURITY CONTRACTING INDUSTRY
If you want to get a foot in the door or get back on the overseas security contracting saddle, getting hired onto a force protection job is your best bet.
Try not to let the downsides of these poorly run contracts freak you out too much because there is a pot of gold at the end of this barf-colored rainbow.
By sticking it out on these suck-level jobs, you are taking the first steps toward higher-paying, higher-speed jobs with better postings in the not-so-distant future. Most folks in the overseas security industry started on one, and after paying their dues, went on to have long and prosperous careers in the overseas security industry.
I did it, tons of guys before and after me did it, so I know you can do it. So, let’s get it on!
OVERSEAS SECURITY CONTRACTOR JOB TYPES:
CURRENTLY RECRUITING:
No security clearance is required. This contract is not for a cleared position.
RECRUITING FOR CLEARED POSITIONS:
Active security clearance is preferred but not required, candidates with an active security clearance are prioritized.
POSITIONS REQUIRING AN ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE:
A minimum of an active Secret Security Clearance is required
NO LONGER RECRUITING:
Positions may reopen again in the future and for archival purposes.
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ACTIVELY HIRING
NO LONGER RECRUITING
These are positions that are no longer seeking candidates but may open up again in the future.
ALL NEW JOBS ARE POSTED ASAP!
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