Staff+ Security Engineer, IT and Corporate Security

Verkada Inc.; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Vision & dental coverage

HSA with employer contributions

FSA with tax savings options

Mental health support

Parental leave & fertility benefits

Flexible PTO & holidays

Professional development stipend

Fertility Stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Daily healthy lunches

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Verkada is seeking an IT Security Leader to partner with our IT Team and other system owners to set 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Implement corporate AI security strategy.
• Design IAM controls: SSO, MFA, RBAC, conditional access, Zero Trust.
• Lead endpoint security (MDM, EDR, DLP).
• Enforce security best practices across the organization.
• Secure internal systems, endpoints, SaaS apps, and corporate infrastructure with IT/Engineering/Security teams.
• Support compliance efforts (SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Build security automation and tooling.
• Respond to internal security events and alerts.

Skills

Security engineering

Identity management

Endpoint security

Python scripting

Stakeholder communication

Startup experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Job description

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.

We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.

You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About The Role

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.

What You’ll Do

• 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

What You Bring

• 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

US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• 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

Additional Information

• 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.

Annual Pay Range

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$200,000—$300,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, Verkada is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Verkada will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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