Senior Security Operations Engineer I

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 and 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. Above all your focus is bringing Security expertise to the table in a collaborative humble and practical manner.

This role is open to candidates residing in Canada based in Pacific OR Mountain Time Zones.

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 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:

• 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 Samsaras 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:

• 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 Samsaras 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
• Must reside in the Pacific Time Zone or Mountain Time Zones.

An ideal candidate also has:

• 3 years of experience working on insider threat initiatives or employee investigations
• Bachelors or Masters 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

Required Experience:

Senior IC