Sr. Security Engineer - Enterprise Security
Samsara- Base salary
- $13548k–$22770k Published base salary range · Top quartile for Security (59 listings)
- Location
- Remote - CA, HI, OR, NV, WA Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Senior
About the job
About Samsara
Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness IoT data to improve safety, efficiency, and sustainability. We help digitally transform industries such as agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing.
About the role
The Senior Security Engineer I - Enterprise Security is responsible for building, operating, and maintaining Samsara's core security infrastructure. Collaborate with a global team of engineers to build a world-class security engineering program using modern principles across corporate infrastructure. This is a remote position open to candidates residing in California, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington. Relocation assistance will not be provided.
In this role, you will
- Provide influence and leadership over Samsara's Enterprise Security roadmap and priorities.
- Write clear, concise documentation and runbooks for enterprise security workflows.
- Collaborate with partners across Engineering, IT, and Security to ensure proper implementation of security tools and policies.
- Occasionally assist the Security Operations team during security investigations.
- Partner with engineering teams to triage and support remediation of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
- Mentor engineers in the Security team.
Minimum requirements
- 4+ years of relevant experience in an Enterprise Security role.
- Deep expertise in enterprise security engineering best practices, with a focus on SASE tools like Zscaler.
- Scripting skills with Python, including building internal tools and automations with or without AI assistance.
- Demonstrated experience building, integrating, and maintaining enterprise security tools.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools (e.g., Tines, AWS Lambda) and common security platforms (e.g., Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Wiz).
- Resides in the Pacific or Hawaii time zones.
Ideal candidate also has
- Experience with zero trust, least privilege, just-in-time access management, identity lifecycle management, and data loss prevention.
- History of building security programs using modern SaaS platforms such as Crowdstrike, Mimecast Incydr, Splunk, and other tools.
- Experience with infrastructure as code deployments using Terraform.
Compensation
Annual base salary range: $135,481.50—$227,700 USD. Eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance.
Benefits
Total rewards include base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, equity, professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and a flexible remote model.
Accommodations
Please email accessibleinterviewing@samsara.com or click here if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.
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