Staff+ Security Engineer, IT and Corporate Security

Verkada•San Mateo, CA

10d•$200,000 - $300,000

About The Position

We’re looking for an IT Security Leader that will partner with our IT Team and other system owners to set the requirements and priorities for IT infrastructure security. Reporting to the CISO, you will design, implement, and continuously improve the systems that protect our employees, data, and operations. AI and automation will be leveraged where possible. Along the way, you’ll support risk management, compliance, and incident response operations.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent
7+ years of experience as a security engineer or IT systems engineer working on security
Understanding of security weaknesses, exploits, attacks and mitigations
Strong understanding of identity management, endpoint security, and cloud-based SaaS environments
Scripting ability. You will write Python scripts for security and compliance automation
Experience aligning on security risks and plans with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Outstanding written and verbal communication

Nice To Haves

Experience in a high-growth startup environment

Responsibilities

Manage and implement corporate AI security strategy
Design and implement identity and access management controls (SSO, MFA, RBAC, conditional access policies, Zero Trust Network Access)
Lead endpoint security strategy (MDM, EDR, DLP, device hardening)
Define and enforce security best practices across the organization
Partner with IT, Engineering, and Security teams to secure internal systems, endpoints, SaaS applications, and corporate infrastructure
Support compliance efforts (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.)
Build security automation, tooling and agents through orchestration platform to ensure security best practices and governance
Respond to internal security events and alerts

Benefits

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
Expanded mental health support
Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
Professional development stipend
Fertility Stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Healthy lunches provided daily
Commuter benefits