Senior AI Security & Data Governance Engineer

Cockroach Labs; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Professional Development Funds

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Days

Paid Parental Leave

Retirement Benefits

Mental Wellbeing Benefits

And more!

Job summary

Cockroach Labs is seeking a Senior Corporate Security Engineer to protect endpoints, cloud platforms, internal apps, and enterprise SaaS. You will shape AI governance, data protection, and security operations across the company.

This hands-on role collaborates with IT and security teams, owning security initiatives from design to implementation in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. Based in NYC area with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in corporate security, security operations, IT security, or a related field.
• Experience owning a security program, major initiative, or complex cross-functional project.
• Hands-on experience with DLP, CASB, or SaaS security tools, including creating and tuning policies.
• Experience securing cloud-hosted applications and corporate IT environments.
• A strong understanding of identity and access management, endpoints, email, file-sharing systems, networks, and enterprise SaaS applications.
• Familiarity with the security and data risks associated with AI tools, applications, agents, and integrations.
• Experience conducting risk assessments, gap assessments, or threat modeling.
• Strong project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Help build and manage our AI governance program, including security controls for AI tools, agents, MCP connections, and data flows.
• Develop and secure internal applications hosted on GCP, including our internal LLM gateway.
• Design and maintain DLP, data classification, and governance controls that protect sensitive data while enabling the business.
• Administer and optimize CASB and SaaS security controls across cloud applications.
• Assess security risks for internal applications, AI use cases, and third‑party tools.
• Monitor and respond to security alerts and incidents across email, endpoints, SaaS applications, and cloud environments.
• Identify and reduce risks related to Shadow IT, Shadow AI, and SaaS sprawl.
• Build automations that improve security visibility, response, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with IT, Legal, Compliance, and Security teams on access management, endpoint security, regulatory requirements, and third‑party risk.
• Lead corporate security projects from design through implementation.

Skills

Security operations

DLP

CASB

SaaS security

Identity and access management

AI governance

Risk assessments

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Tools

Netskope

Zscaler

GCP

Okta

Google Workspace

CrowdStrike Falcon

SIEM

SOAR

Python

Job description

Cockroach Labs is seeking a Senior Corporate Security Engineer to protect endpoints, cloud platforms, internal apps, and enterprise SaaS. You will shape AI governance, data protection, and security operations across the company.

This hands-on role collaborates with IT and security teams, owning security initiatives from design to implementation in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. Based in NYC area with a hybrid work model.