Security
Keeps the base and its people safe: patrol, access control, cameras and alarms, incident response, investigations, forensics and emergency response. Cyber is a specialty.
Frontier work hiring now: Every plant, mine, launch site and data center needs people on the gate, on patrol and on call when something goes wrong at 3 a.m.
On Earth
On Earth this is police officers, corrections officers, security officers, loss prevention, campus and site security, emergency dispatchers, CCTV and low-voltage techs, surveillance operators, alarm techs, digital forensics examiners and evidence techs. Cybersecurity and IT security sit here as a specialty, alongside Comms.
In space
Launch sites, test stands and factories already run guarded gates, badge checks and security operations centers. A remote base needs the same: someone who controls who goes where, writes the incident report, and runs the drill before the real emergency.
Roles on our board now
Real titles from current openings that lead toward Security work. 4 internship · 5 entry · 61 experienced
- Staff+ Security Engineer (3 open)
- Manager (2 open)
- Senior Security Operations Engineer (2 open)
- Cybersecurity Internship - (2 open)
- Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection (2 open)
- Software Engineer (2 open)
- New Graduate Engineer (2 open)
- Security Infrastructure Engineer (2 open)
Core skills
- Patrol and observation
- Access control and badging
- Camera, alarm and access system install
- Evidence handling and digital forensics
- De-escalation
- Incident reports that hold up later
- First aid and emergency response
- Network and log basics for the cyber specialty
Tools you'll see
- Radios and dispatch systems
- Access control and badge systems
- CCTV, video management and alarm panels
- Low-voltage install tools
- Digital forensics tools like Autopsy and Cellebrite
- Incident report software
- Wireshark and SIEM tools (cyber)
Earth backgrounds that transfer
- Police and corrections officers
- Military police and security forces
- Security officers and loss prevention
- Emergency dispatchers
- Low-voltage, CCTV and alarm techs
- Forensics and evidence techs
- IT and SOC analysts (cyber specialty)
Starting out
Guard card or state security license, CPR and first aid, and a clean record. Dispatch and corrections jobs train on the job. Low-voltage and alarm work usually starts as a helper with a state low-voltage or alarm license. For cyber, a homelab and CompTIA Security+ are common starts.
Changing careers
Police, corrections and military security people move into site security, GSOC operator and security officer roles at launch sites, factories and plants. IT people move in through the cyber specialty.
Academy track
The Security Track: Patrol, Access Control, Evidence and Emergency Response track is open: 4 modules and a final test, free for crew members.
Security ranks
Ranks reflect Mars Mining Academy progress. They are not job titles and do not mean employment. Everyone starts at Cadet the moment they join and pick Security. Ranks are worked out from the quizzes you pass, the certificates you earn and the projects you finish. You can't set them yourself.
Cadet MM-R1
Join the department. Everyone starts here.
Officer MM-R2
Pass 2 module quizzes in this department's track and fill in your resume basics: name, contact and target role, education and training, professional experience and skills.
Corporal MM-R3
Pass every module quiz in this department's track and finish early life, the work-style interview, passions and at least one portfolio item. Lateral transfer opens here.
Sergeant MM-R4
Earn the track certificate and finish a solo real-world project, submitted and reviewed. Coming: projects aren't open yet.
Lieutenant MM-R5
Finish a team project with other crew members. Coming: projects aren't open yet.
Captain MM-R6
Lead a team project and pass the capstone. Coming: projects aren't open yet.
Transfers
You serve in one department at a time and start at Cadet (R1). Once you reach R3 in your department you can put in for a lateral transfer. You start at R1 in the new department, and every rank you earned before stays on your service record, which shows on your dashboard and your certificate verify page.
Before R3 you stay put. The one exception: if you picked wrong, you can change once in your first 7 days.
You can hold top rank in every department. That takes years, because the higher ranks need real-world projects and team work, not just quizzes.
Is this you?
- You stay calm when everyone else is shouting
- You notice the door that should not be open
- You write it down right the first time
If you nodded at two or more, Security is worth a look. Not sure? Take the quiz.