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# Staff+ Security Engineer, IT and Corporate Security

- **Company:** Verkada Inc.
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cyber Security, Multi-Factor Authentication, Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control, Zero Trust Network Access, Scripting, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/16964193/Staff-Security-Engineer-It-Corporate-Security-California-San-Mateo

## About the Role

* 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

## Description

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