Security Engineer
Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.
At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s broadest range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding, hours of productivity gained each week, and smarter, safer decisions at every level.Recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.
If you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for enterprise trust, as we bring Work AI to every employee, in every company.About the Role:
Glean is looking for a highly skilled Corporate Security (IT) and Compliance Engineer who will be working towards securing an overall cloud-native IT environment and maintaining our ongoing compliance with security standards and frameworks. The successful candidate will possess a strong background in IT security best practices, be well-versed in implementing and managing compliance towards frameworks such as SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA etc., and have the ability to handle complex challenges in a dynamic environment.
You will:
- Develop and maintain the organization's IT security policies, procedures, and standards.
- Maintain compliance with industry standards like SOC2 and HIPAA, leveraging tools to automate workflows and reduce manual effort.
- Prepare for external audits by maintaining compliance documentation.
- Work towards the implementation of a comprehensive third-party vendor review program.
- Identify areas of highest risk within the organization and collaborate with teams to mitigate these risks through technical and administrative controls.
- Collaborate with business teams to assess and implement appropriate security settings and access controls in SaaS applications.
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 5+ experience in managing security compliance, IT security, with a focus on cloud-native environments.
- Strong understanding of modern endpoint security solutions and securing remote employees' devices.
- Experience in implementing and managing compliance frameworks such as SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR, etc.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to handle complex technical challenges.
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent, are a plus.
About you:
- Thrive in a customer-focused, tight-nit and cross-functional environment - being a team player and willing to take on whatever is most impactful for the company is a must
- A proactive and positive attitude to lead, learn, troubleshoot and take ownership of both small tasks and large features
- Familiarity with cloud native security practices in GCP/AWS/Azure is a plus
Compensation & Benefits:
Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.
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