Senior Security Operations Engineer - Incident Response

About the role:

As a member of our Security Operations Team, you will play a critical role in safeguarding Samsara by monitoring and responding to security events, leading security incidents as the designated Incident Commander, and conducting investigations to support Employee Relations, Legal, Compliance, and Information Security.

In this role, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of security incidents—from scoping and containment to remediation and post-mortem analysis. You will coordinate cross-functional response efforts, define and communicate actionable response strategies, maintain real-time documentation, and ensure that incidents are resolved in alignment with internal SLAs. You'll also facilitate effective handoffs between shifts and track lessons learned to drive continuous improvement.

While incident response is your core focus, you will also contribute to building and maintaining runbooks, automating workflows, and refining operational processes. You will work closely with a global team of analysts, engineers, and stakeholders, fostering a culture of operational excellence and collaborative problem-solving.

Above all, your focus is on bringing security expertise to the table in a clear, calm, and constructive manner—grounded in facts, driven by strategy, and supported by a strong, cross-functional team.

This role is open to candidates residing in the US except the San Francisco Bay Metro Area, NYC Metro Area, and Washington, D.C. Metro Area.

You should apply if:

• 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 at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, and 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-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best. 

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, 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

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Deep experience in Security Engineering spanning 7+ years, with a strong focus on Security Incident Response over the last 4+ years.
• 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
• Be comfortable working in the Pacific (PST) OR Eastern (EST) Time Zones. 

An ideal candidate also has:

• 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