Staff+ Security Engineer, IT and Corporate Security

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, AI-powered platform. A leader in cloud physical security, Verkada helps organizations strengthen safety and efficiency through one connected software platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

Over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including more than 100+ companies in the Fortune 500, trust Verkada as their physical security layer for easier management, intelligent control, and scalable deployments. Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices and 2,200+ full-time employees.

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.

• →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

• 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
• Experience in a high-growth startup environment

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.

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