Verkada
Staff+ Security Engineer, IT and Corporate Security
$200K–$300K
San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 19, 2026
- Location
- San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of experience as a security engineer or IT systems engineer working on security.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role; if an offer is made, Verkada will make every reasonable effort to get the candidate a visa.
About the job
Leads corporate IT security strategy and implements controls, systems, and automation to protect employees, data, and operations.
What you'll do
- Manage corporate AI security strategy and implement identity and access management and endpoint security controls.
- Partner with IT, Engineering, and Security teams to secure internal systems, endpoints, SaaS applications, and corporate infrastructure; support compliance and incident response.
- Build security automation, tooling, and agents, and define and enforce organizational security best practices.
What they ask for
- 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, including writing Python scripts for security and compliance automation; experience aligning security risks and plans with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience in a high-growth startup environment.
Pay
$200,000 — $300,000 USD annual on-target earnings (OTE) range, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable); base salary amount not stated.
Tools
SSO, MFA, RBAC, Zero Trust Network Access, MDM, EDR, DLP, Python
AI focus
Manage and implement corporate AI security strategy; leverage AI and automation where possible, including building security tooling and agents through an orchestration platform.
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