Personal Protection Officer Jobs in Austin, Texas
Touring artists, festival talent, founders, and Westlake families – Austin protection work peaks hard around the event calendar and stays steady the rest of the year. Level IV officers who can move a principal through a crowd are always short supply here.
- Texas DPS Level IV personal protection officer
- Texas DPS License C28670101
- Direct hire — no staffing agency
- Veteran owned & veteran friendly
Where Austin personal protection officers are posted
Talent and artist protection around the festival and touring calendar – venue advances, movements, and crowd extraction.
Founder and executive coverage for a tech market that mints new principals every funding cycle.
Estate details in Westlake and on Lake Travis, plus secure transport to and from Austin-Bergstrom.
What it takes to wear this uniform
The application checks all of this up front — the state eligibility questionnaire, your credentials, and your driving record acknowledgement — so nobody’s time gets wasted, yours included.
Level IV license
You must hold the Texas DPS personal protection officer license (Level IV), which requires a current Level III commission underneath it and a minimum age of 21.
Protection experience
Prior executive protection, military protective services, or law enforcement experience is strongly preferred. Level IV without hours on a real detail is a starting point, not the finish line.
Clean criminal history and firearms eligibility
The application includes the DPS eligibility questionnaire and the federal firearms questions – a PPO must be able to lawfully carry every day, everywhere the principal goes.
Clean driving record
Non-negotiable for protection work: secure transport is half the job. Driving history is reviewed before an offer.
Hiring security for a Austin property instead? This page is the bar every officer we field has already cleared — commissioned at the level the post requires, background-screened under Texas Occupations Code 1702, clean driving record, credentials verified before assignment. See security guard services in Austin or every service we provide.
Executive protection details for principals who expect discretion and polish. The highest bar we hire to – and the most interesting work we staff.
Personal Protection Officer Jobs in Austin: quick answers
What does the Level IV license require?
Texas DPS requires a current Level III commission, a minimum age of 21, and completion of the Level IV personal protection officer course. If you hold Level III today and want the path to protective work, apply for an armed role and say so in your application – details are staffed from officers we already trust.
Do you hire PPOs without prior protection experience?
The license alone is rarely enough. Prior executive protection, military protective services, or law enforcement experience is strongly preferred, and new PPOs start alongside experienced detail leads rather than alone with a principal.
What kind of protection details run in Austin?
Event and talent protection is the signature: festival weeks, tour stops, and appearances, with venue advances and crowd movements. Between peaks, founder and executive coverage and Westlake estate details carry the schedule. PPOs comfortable working close in dense crowds are the first officers we book.
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Apply for Personal Protection Officer Jobs in Austin
Ten minutes, on your phone. Pick your position, answer the state eligibility questionnaire, and upload your resume and credentials once – no paper, no follow-up phone tag.
You will get a confirmation email immediately, and email and text updates as your application moves. Please do not call to check status — if we have questions, we reach out.