Senior Security Operations Engineer - Incident Response

Summary

Join Samsara's Security Operations Team as a remote Security Incident Responder, collaborating with a global team to monitor and respond to security events, lead incident investigations, and develop automated workflows. You will provide security guidance, coordinate technology implementations, and champion Samsara's cultural principles. This role offers opportunities for career growth and impact within a hyper-growth environment. The position requires 4+ years of experience in security incident response, proficiency in Python, and experience with SIEM tools and cloud security. The ideal candidate possesses experience in insider threat initiatives and relevant certifications. Samsara offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, bonus, RSUs, and benefits.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Security Incident Response
• Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, and legal
• Ability to build scripts or tools to support Samsara’s investigation processes, with proficiency in Python
• Mentor and train security operation engineers on data collection, analysis, and reporting technical analysis
• Practical experience acting as a lead during security incident response, including triage, and coordinating across teams
• Understanding of analysis and forensics techniques on macOS, Windows, and Linux
• Experience utilizing SIEM tools to perform log reviews
• Experience in cloud architecture and security (AWS, GCP) and cloud-based services
• Must reside in the Pacific Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone or Central Time Zone of the United States

Responsibilities

• Monitor security events and provide technical analysis on alerts
• Lead information security incidents and employee investigations by developing the incident response strategy, lead the execution through incident closure, while providing incident updates to key stakeholders throughout the incident
• Deliver security guidance clearly and concisely for incident response and insider threat initiatives
• Coordinate the building of services, capabilities, integrations, and implementations of technologies to support security operations, incident response, and insider threat
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience working on insider threat initiatives or employee investigations
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) Certification
• Familiarity with common security frameworks and standards, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, FedRAMP

Benefits

• Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more
• Base salary + bonus/variable + restricted stock unit awards (RSUs) for eligible roles
• For eligible roles, a new hire RSU award may be awarded at the time of hire, and additional RSU refresh grants may be awarded annually
• Top performers in eligible roles may receive above-market equity refresh awards which allow employees to achieve higher market positioning