Enterprise Security Engineer: IAM, EDR & AI Tooling

Gecko Robotics; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gecko Robotics is seeking an Enterprise Security Engineer to build and operate the shared systems protecting people, devices, apps, and sensitive data. You will work within InfoSec Engineering, partnering with IT Engineering to secure endpoints, identity, and SaaS controls while enabling responsible AI use.

The role emphasizes governance, risk-based decisions, and cross-functional collaboration across Security, IT, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering, with up to 20% travel to Gecko offices as

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Enterprise Security Engineering, Security Engineering, IT Security, or a related role.
• Hands-on experience administering endpoint management and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions in production environments.
• Experience administering or securing identity and access management (IAM) platforms, including SSO, MFA, or lifecycle management.
• Experience evaluating, governing, or administering SaaS applications, OAuth integrations, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience working with regulated, customer-protected, or other sensitive data (e.g., CUI, HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2).
• Strong systems configuration, troubleshooting, workflow design, and operational ownership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to balance security and compliance requirements with business needs and user experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively across Security, IT, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, and other cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and operate endpoint-management, device-compliance, browser-security, and endpoint detection and response controls; harden workforce devices and shared enterprise systems.
• Own and improve identity security—including Okta policies, MFA, Conditional Access, and lifecycle controls—and establish practical governance for SaaS applications, OAuth access, browser extensions, AI tools, and other third-party technology.
• Create clear, usable paths that let employees adopt approved AI tooling and other technology while protecting regulated and sensitive data and meeting security, privacy, contractual, and compliance obligations.
• Translate requirements into effective configurations and workflows, partnering closely with IT Engineering to solve shared problems, reduce recurring friction, and make controls easy to operate.
• Build and tune enterprise detections; evaluate alerts and control gaps; lead corporate-side incident response; make proportionate risk decisions and coordinate remediation with the teams that own the affected systems.
• Partner with Product Security, Cloud Infrastructure, IT, and Facilities when enterprise-security concerns intersect with applications, cloud services, engineering systems, or physical security.
• Establish and maintain governance for the adoption and use of AI tools and other rapidly emerging workplace technologies, ensuring security, privacy, and compliance requirements are met.
• Travel up to 20% to Gecko offices and other locations as needed to support enterprise security initiatives, physical security projects, incident response, and cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Endpoint management

EDR solutions

Identity & Access Management

SaaS & OAuth governance

Data security & compliance

Security architecture & risk

Cross-functional collaboration

Effective communication

Tools

Okta

OneLogin

Active Directory

Jamf

Intune

NinjaOne

CrowdStrike

Trend Micro

SentinelOne

Claude / ChatGPT / Cursor / Grok

Job description

Gecko Robotics is seeking an Enterprise Security Engineer to build and operate the shared systems protecting people, devices, apps, and sensitive data. You will work within InfoSec Engineering, partnering with IT Engineering to secure endpoints, identity, and SaaS controls while enabling responsible AI use.

The role emphasizes governance, risk-based decisions, and cross-functional collaboration across Security, IT, Compliance, Legal, and Engineering, with up to 20% travel to Gecko offices as