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Senior Security Operations Engineer I

Samsara
Remote - Canada (Pacific, Mountain, or Central Time Zone)Updated 2d ago
Base salary
$133k–$172k
Published base salary range
Location
Remote - Canada (Pacific, Mountain, or Central Time Zone)
Remote eligibility
Employment
Full-time
Senior
Role family
Security
B2B SaaS
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About the job

About the role

As a member of Samsara's Security Operations Team, you will collaborate with a global team of engineers to monitor and respond to security events, lead security incidents as Incident Commander, and lead digital forensic investigations in support of Employee Relations, Legal, Compliance, or Information Security cases. You will also create and maintain runbooks and automated workflows, and assist in process refinement and implementation.

In this role, you will

  • Monitor security events and provide technical analysis on alerts
  • Lead information security incidents and employee investigations by developing the incident response strategy, leading execution through incident closure, and providing incident updates to key stakeholders
  • 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 and embed Samsara's cultural principles

Minimum requirements

  • 5+ 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 investigation processes, with proficiency in Python
  • Mentor and train security operation engineers on data collection, analysis, and reporting
  • Practical experience acting as a lead during security incident response, including monitoring and triaging alerts, 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

Ideal candidate also has

  • 3+ 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 - or relevant industry experience
  • GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) Certification
  • Familiarity with common security frameworks and standards, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, FedRAMP

Compensation and benefits

Annual base salary for this position is $132,600—$171,600 CAD. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance. Samsara offers a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.

Application instructions

Apply through the Samsara careers page. For accommodations, email accessibleinterviewing@samsara.com.

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