Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management
Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management
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About the role:
Were seeking a talented Security Engineer with hands-on experience deploying managing and operating modern Vulnerability Management platforms. In this role youll work alongside technical product managers and engineers across the company to maintain Samsaras Vulnerability Management infrastructure and de-risk software vulnerabilities to better protect our customers.
We seek someone who is passionate about leveraging automation to enhance efficiency is enthusiastic about working with infrastructure-as-code and has a wealth of experience collaborating with teams to reduce software vulnerabilities. Your contributions will be critical to shaping our overall security and compliance strategy. At Samsara we value working backwards from winning as an operating principle. Your ability to define success and work with cross-functional stakeholders by working backwards to reach that success is pivotal.
This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days per week in our Bangalore office and 3 days working remotely. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this role.
You should apply if:
- You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impacthelping 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 wont be your last at Samsara. We 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.
- Youre 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.
In this role you will:
- Support the ongoing operation and maintenance of Samsaras vulnerability management program ensuring consistent execution of processes.
- Assist in managing vulnerability scanning tools and help refine detection capabilities to improve accuracy and reduce false positives.
- Work closely with the Vulnerability Technical Program Manager to generate and distribute monthly and quarterly compliance reports.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to track and support the remediation of identified vulnerabilities providing guidance on best practices.
- Assist in analyzing and triaging vulnerabilities escalating critical issues to senior security engineers or Security Operations as needed.
- Participate in security incident investigations related to high-profile vulnerabilities helping gather data and assess potential impact on Samsara infrastructure.
- Contribute to documentation and process improvements to streamline vulnerability management workflows.
- Champion Samsaras cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success Build for the Long Term Adopt a Growth Mindset Be Inclusive Win as a Team) in daily work.
Minimum requirements for the role:
- Familiarity with security engineering best practices and common security vulnerabilities with the ability to assess their severity and impact.
- Scripting experience preferably in Python and Pandas data analysis package to assist with automation tasks.
- Understanding of cloud environments (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code concepts (Terraform experience is a plus).
- Experience working in Linux-based environments and troubleshooting security-related issues.
- Exposure to security automation tools (e.g. Tines AWS Lambda) is beneficial but not required.
- Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools such as Wiz or Semgrep is a plus.
- 2-4 years of relevant experience in security engineering vulnerability management or a related technical field.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Practical experience managing vulnerabilities within a FedRAMP-certified environment.
- Experience integrating vulnerability management into modern CI/CD pipelines with a shift-left mentality.
- Growth mindset around learning the state of the vulnerability management in the industry
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Employment Type
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