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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Senior Security Operations Engineer I

Samsara Vancouver, BC Remote senior full-time

Salary

$132,600 - $171,600 CAD per year

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Description

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer I at Samsara, 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.

Your focus will be bringing security expertise to the table in a collaborative, humble, and practical manner. You will also have the opportunity to create and maintain runbooks, automated workflows, and assist in process refinement and implementation.

Responsibilities:

  • 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, and providing incident updates to key stakeholders
  • 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 as the company scales globally

Requirements:

  • 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 investigation processes, with proficiency in Python
  • 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

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

Compensation:

  • Annual Base Salary: $132,600 - $171,600 CAD

Benefits:

  • Flexible working model
  • Professional development stipend
  • Comprehensive health and parental leave plans

Skills

Required

  • Python
  • SIEM tools
  • cloud architecture
  • security incident response
  • digital forensic investigations
  • macOS
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • AWS
  • GCP

Nice to have

  • insider threat initiatives
  • employee investigations
  • GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) Certification
  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework
  • ISO 27001
  • FedRAMP

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You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/samsara/jobs/8027084

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