Remote Senior Security Incident Response Engineer

Samsara; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

the company is seeking a Security Incident Response professional to monitor security events, provide analysis, and lead incidents through closure with cross-team coordination.

The role emphasizes developing runbooks, automation, and process improvements while mentoring junior staff and aligning with company principles for global scaling. Based in US time zones, it offers a flexible, remote model and strong total rewards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Security Incident Response.
• Ability to communicate investigative findings to technical staff, executives, and legal.
• Ability to build scripts or tools to support investigation processes, with proficiency in Python.
• Mentor and train security operation engineers on data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Practical experience leading security incident response across teams.
• Understanding of forensics on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
• Experience using SIEM tools for log reviews.
• Experience in cloud architecture and security (AWS, GCP).
• Role aligned to Pacific Time Zone shift within US/Canada.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security events and provide technical analysis on alerts.
• Lead information security incidents and investigations, developing incident response strategy and coordinating to closure.
• Deliver clear security guidance for incident response and insider threat initiatives.
• Coordinate building of services, capabilities, integrations, and implementations for security operations.
• Embed the company’s principles (Customer Success, Long-Term Build, Growth Mindset, Inclusion, Teamwork) as we scale.

Skills

Security Incident Response

Python scripting

Communication

Mentoring

Incident leadership

Digital forensics

SIEM

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Info Security

Tools

Python

AWS

GCP

Job description

the company is seeking a Security Incident Response professional to monitor security events, provide analysis, and lead incidents through closure with cross-team coordination.

The role emphasizes developing runbooks, automation, and process improvements while mentoring junior staff and aligning with company principles for global scaling. Based in US time zones, it offers a flexible, remote model and strong total rewards.