Senior Security Operations Engineer

About the role

As a member of our 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.

Although you will be focused on security incident response, you will also have the opportunity to create and maintain runbooks, automated workflows, and assist in process refinement and implementation. You will collaborate with a diverse team of analysts, engineers, and key stakeholders on security initiatives across the company.

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real‑world impact – helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last  set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper‑growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high‑calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

• Monitor security events and provide technical analysis on alerts.
• Lead information security incidents and employee investigations by developing the incident response strategy, leading 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.

• 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 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 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.
• This role will be part of our Pacific Time Zone shift and therefore must reside in the Pacific Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone or Central Time Zone of the United States or Canada.

• 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.

Range of annual base salary for full‑time employees: $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, subject to plan terms and conditions.

Flexible, employee‑led remote model, professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.