Samsara
Senior Security Operations Engineer
San Francisco, CA, United States. Posted a month ago
The role
You will monitor and respond to security events and lead security incidents as Incident Commander. You will also conduct digital forensic investigations and create automated workflows and runbooks.
What you will do
- Monitor security events and provide technical analysis on alerts
- Lead information security incidents and employee investigations
- Develop incident response strategy and lead execution through closure
- Provide incident updates to key stakeholders
- Deliver security guidance for incident response and insider threat initiatives
- Coordinate building of services, capabilities, and integrations for security operations
- Embed cultural principles as the company scales
Required qualifications
- 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 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
- 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 of the United States or Canada
Nice to have
- 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
- GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) Certification
- Familiarity with common security frameworks and standards, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, FedRAMP
Benefits
- Base salary
- Performance-based bonus/variable pay
- Equity
- Flexible, employee-led remote model
- Professional development stipend
- Comprehensive health plans
- Parental leave plans
Before you apply
- Must reside in the Pacific Time Zone of the United States or Canada
- Must be able to secure and maintain the legal right to work in the specified work location
About the company
Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, a platform that enables organizations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data. The company helps improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of physical operations.