Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection

Gomyneed Private Limited; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking a Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection, a fully remote role based in California, US. You will build signals and pipelines to detect threats, develop detections with code-driven workflows, and onboard data into SIEM platforms.

Strong Python/SQL skills and CI/CD experience are essential. Responsibilities include analyzing large datasets, creating dashboards, and enriching threat intel to reduce noise.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in security engineering, detection engineering, or a related technology discipline.
• Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience analyzing large datasets to build and validate detections.
• Hands-on experience with detection-as-code, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and CI/CD deployment.
• Deep experience with modern SIEM platforms, including data onboarding, advanced queries, dashboards, and threat intelligence enrichment.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate the signals, pipelines, and tooling that power threat detection for the company and its customers.
• Develop and validate detections using detection-as-code practices, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Onboard data into SIEM platforms and build advanced queries, dashboards, and threat intelligence enrichment.
• Analyze large datasets to tune detections and reduce noise.

Skills

Python

SQL

Detection-as-code

Git workflows

CI/CD

SIEM

AWS

Linux

Containers

EDR

Tools

SIEM platforms

Job description

Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection

About this role

Samsara is hiring a Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection (Remote - California, US). This is an Engineering role listed on the official Samsara careers site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and operate the signals, pipelines, and tooling that power how Samsara discovers threats against the company and its customers
• Develop and validate detections using detection-as-code practices, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and CI/CD
• Onboard data into SIEM platforms and build advanced queries, dashboards, and threat intelligence enrichment
• Analyze large datasets to tune detections and reduce noise

Requirements:

• 6+ years in security engineering, detection engineering, or a related technology discipline
• Strong Python and SQL skills, with experience analyzing large datasets to build and validate detections
• Hands-on experience with detection-as-code, Git-based workflows, automated testing, and CI/CD deployment
• Deep experience with modern SIEM platforms, including data onboarding, advanced queries, dashboards, and threat intelligence enrichment
• Working knowledge of AWS, Linux, containers, and EDR

Salary: $157,675–$238,500 per year

Job Type: Remote