Retail Security Officer jobs San Antonio TX
San Antonio, TX

Retail Security Jobs in
San Antonio, TX

Retail security and loss prevention positions across San Antonio — Allied Universal at La Cantera Mall and North Star, H-E-B Associate Protection Officer, Metro One Loss Prevention, and the full SA retail corridor from La Cantera Parkway to Loop 410. 113+ openings.

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Armed Security Officer: Retail Patrol (Part-Time
Allied Universal·San Antonio, TX15–18 an hour·Posted today
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Retail Security Officer — Patrol, Engage, Grow
Marksman Security·San Antonio, TX19K–26K a year·Posted 3 days ago
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Security Officer - Retail Mall Patrol Driver
Allied Universal·San Antonio, TX17 an hour·Posted 4 days ago
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Armed Security Officer - Retail Patrol
Allied Universal·San Antonio, TX·Posted 4 days ago
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Retail Uniformed Loss Prevention Associate
TJX Companies·Dearborn, MI$14.25 to $18.60 per hour·Posted 5 days ago
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Retail Security Jobs
MyJobResource·San Antonio, TX·Posted 5 days ago
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Professional Armed Security Officers - High-End Retail/Eatery Parking Patrol
Med-Security Inc.·San Antonio, TX$19.00 per hour·Posted Aug 14
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Retail Security Pro: Patrol, Engage & Protect
Marksman·San Antonio, TX16.32 an hour·Posted Aug 11
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Retail Unarmed Security Officer: Public Patrol & Safety
Marksman Security·Castle Hills, TX19K–26K a year·Posted Aug 11
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Security Professional - Armed Retail Site - Part Time
Allied Universal·San Antonio, TX·Posted Aug 9
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is actively hiring retail security officers in San Antonio?+
Allied Universal is the most active retail security employer in SA, with confirmed postings including Retail Security Officer at La Cantera Mall, Armed Mall Patrol, Armed Mobile Patrol Driver for Retail/Malls accounts, and an Elite Armed Security Officer role for Armed Route Patrol Driver at Retail/Malls requiring Level III, a valid driver's license, and either 3+ years combined law enforcement/corrections/military or 5+ years armed security experience. Metro One Loss Prevention Services Group is active in SA retail accounts. H-E-B posts Associate Protection Officer positions in San Antonio — H-E-B LP is direct company employment at SA's hometown grocery chain. La Cantera Resort & Spa explicitly states Level 2 at $15/hr and Level 3 at $20/hr for their LP roles. Glassdoor shows 113 retail security office jobs in San Antonio.
What retail venues in San Antonio need security officers?+
The major retail security accounts in SA span four segments. Shopping centers: La Cantera (The Shops at La Cantera, La Cantera Pkwy and Loop 1604), North Star Mall (Loop 410 and McCullough), Ingram Park Mall (Loop 410 and Ingram Rd), and South Park Mall are the major enclosed mall accounts. Big-box retail: H-E-B across dozens of SA locations, Walmart, Target, Sam's Club, and Costco all maintain loss prevention. Outlet and specialty retail: San Marcos Premium Outlets and San Antonio's corridor retail on 1604 and Bandera Rd. La Cantera Resort & Spa adds the luxury retail LP dimension with its high-end tenant mix. Goodwill San Antonio and Ollie's Bargain Outlet both have active LP postings. The Medical Center corridor on Floyd Curl Drive adds pharmacy LP adjacent to hospital accounts.
What does retail security pay in San Antonio?+
Retail security in SA runs $14–$21/hr depending on account type and role. La Cantera Resort & Spa LP explicitly posts Level 2 at $15/hr and Level 3 at $20/hr — a directly-stated rate that serves as a reliable benchmark for the upscale retail LP market. Allied Universal's retail security positions follow their SA market rates ($15–$17/hr unarmed, higher for armed). Metro One Loss Prevention posts at SA market LP rates. H-E-B LP (Associate Protection Officer) is direct employment with H-E-B's institutional benefits — the company does not publish LP-specific pay rates publicly but is competitive with national LP standards for the role. ZipRecruiter's April 2026 private security SA average of $16.84/hr reflects the middle of the retail security market. Armed retail patrol through Allied Universal at La Cantera runs above the unarmed LP rate.
What is organized retail crime like at SA's major retail corridors?+
San Antonio's major retail corridors — La Cantera/1604, North Star Mall/Loop 410, and the 1604 commercial belt on the northwest side — attract organized retail crime operations targeting high-value merchandise in a city where retail density and cross-county access routes make SA a regional ORC target. H-E-B's scale across SA (the dominant grocery retailer with dozens of locations) creates a network LP environment where cross-store pattern identification and coordination is part of the job. La Cantera's luxury tenant mix (in The Shops at La Cantera and at the resort's retail) makes it a consistent ORC target requiring plain-clothes surveillance, multi-camera CCTV coordination, and the investigative LP skills that separate effective retail security from standard floor patrol. Officers who build ORC case documentation skills in SA's retail market develop credentials that travel across the Texas retail LP industry.
Is H-E-B LP a good employer in San Antonio?+
H-E-B is consistently cited as one of the best employers in San Antonio — a company with century-long roots in Texas, a civic identity unique among grocery retailers, and institutional employment benefits that contracted security firms cannot match. H-E-B LP (Associate Protection Officer) is direct company employment rather than contracted through a security firm, which means H-E-B's full benefits package: health insurance, 401k with company matching, PTO, partner stock plan, employee discounts, and the career development infrastructure of a Fortune 500 company. H-E-B's expansion into the Dallas-Fort Worth market has also created LP career paths across the state. For LP candidates who want to build a career with a Texas institution rather than a national contracted security firm, H-E-B LP is the most distinctive option in the SA retail security market.
Overview

San Antonio Retail Security: H-E-B's Home Market, 113+ Active Openings

San Antonio's retail security market is shaped by two facts that don't apply in any other Texas city. First, H-E-B is headquartered in San Antonio — the company's LP operation supporting dozens of SA-area stores is one of the most active and institutionally well-resourced retail LP programs in the Texas market. Direct H-E-B LP employment brings corporate benefits, career development, and civic institution credibility that contracted retail security cannot replicate. Second, La Cantera is one of the most security-intensive upscale retail environments in South Texas — the combination of The Shops at La Cantera, La Cantera Resort & Spa, and the surrounding 1604 corridor luxury retail creates an ORC target environment that demands sophisticated LP skills.

Glassdoor's 113 retail security office job count in San Antonio reflects a market with genuine breadth — not just the national contractor presence of Allied Universal and Metro One, but also direct employer LP at H-E-B, Goodwill SA, and the retail tenants operating their own LP programs. Allied Universal's La Cantera Mall posting is confirmed active, as are multiple armed retail patrol and mall patrol positions across the SA retail corridor. The variety means retail security officers in SA can build account-specific credentials across the full LP spectrum: grocery, big-box, upscale mall, outlet, and specialty retail.

Overview & Duties
Role Overview

What Retail Security Officers Do in San Antonio

H-E-B LP is grocery-specific — floor observation across high-transaction environments, CCTV monitoring across departments including pharmacy and prepared foods (the highest-shrink categories), active ORC surveillance, and the community-facing professional demeanor that H-E-B's brand demands. LP officers at H-E-B interact with San Antonio neighbors constantly and represent a brand that the city's residents feel genuine loyalty toward.

La Cantera mall and resort LP is observation-first, action-last. Plain-clothes coverage, multi-camera coordination, and team communication between LP officers characterize the luxury retail environment. Individual theft is less frequent than at grocery LP but more complex when it occurs, and ORC incidents require multi-store coordination and thorough case documentation. Allied Universal's armed mall patrol at La Cantera adds the deterrence dimension — visible armed presence in parking areas and perimeter zones that plain-clothes LP alone doesn't provide.

Duties

Common Duties & Responsibilities

  • H-E-B Associate Protection Officer — floor patrol, CCTV monitoring, ORC identification across SA store network, direct company employment
  • Allied Universal Retail Security Officer at La Cantera Mall — floor patrol, access control, parking area coverage
  • Allied Universal Armed Mall Patrol and Armed Mobile Patrol Driver — vehicle and foot patrol of Retail/Malls accounts, Level III required
  • Metro One Loss Prevention SA — active retail LP accounts across SA market
  • La Cantera Resort & Spa LP — Level 2 $15/hr, Level 3 $20/hr; luxury retail and resort access control
  • North Star Mall security — Loop 410 corridor, mixed retail and anchor store LP coverage
  • Apprehension and incident processing per LP protocol and Texas law
  • ORC case documentation and coordination with multi-store SA LP teams and SAPD
Compensation

Typical Pay in San Antonio, TX

SA retail security: La Cantera LP explicitly L2 $15/hr, L3 $20/hr. H-E-B LP direct employment with H-E-B benefits (rate not published). AU retail security $15–$17/hr unarmed; armed mall patrol higher. Metro One SA at market LP rates. Private security SA avg $16.84/hr (April 2026).

Entry Level
$14–16/hr
~$29k–33k/yr
Experienced
$16–19/hr
~$33k–40k/yr
Lead / Senior
$19–21/hr
~$40k–44k/yr

Allied Universal La Cantera Mall retail security officer active now. H-E-B Associate Protection Officer — direct SA company employment with H-E-B benefits. La Cantera LP Level 2 $15/Level 3 $20/hr. 113+ retail security openings across Bexar County.

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Requirements & Schedules
Requirements

What You Need

  • Valid Texas Level 2 Non-Commissioned Security Officer license for standard retail LP
  • Level 3 Commissioned Security Officer license for Allied Universal armed mall patrol and La Cantera Level 3 LP roles
  • Valid Texas driver's license for Allied Universal mobile patrol driver positions at retail/malls
  • 3+ years combined LE/corrections/military or 5+ years armed security for AU Elite Armed Route Patrol Driver role
  • Behavioral observation skills — retail LP is watching before acting
  • De-escalation and apprehension competence for LP incidents
  • Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred — SA's majority-Hispanic customer base across all retail environments
Schedules

Typical Schedules & Environments

  • Retail hours — follows store operating schedule through close; H-E-B through evening; malls through 10pm+
  • Day and swing dominant — retail LP peak activity 10am–8pm with ORC operations often occurring during peak traffic
  • Weekend peaks — highest shoplifting and ORC activity across all SA retail
  • AU armed mall patrol follows mall operating hours plus opening/closing coverage
  • H-E-B stores: hours vary by location, LP coverage aligned with store traffic patterns
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