Senior Security Operations Engineer: Incident Commander

Samsara; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Samsara is seeking an experienced security incident response engineer to monitor security events, lead incidents as Incident Commander, and conduct digital forensic investigations. You will collaborate with a global team of engineers, support Employee Relations, Legal, Compliance, and Information Security cases while building runbooks and automated workflows.

The role requires 5+ years in incident response, Python proficiency, and experience with cloud security (AWS, GCP) and cross‑platform

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security incident response.
• Proficient in Python and cloud forensic investigations.
• Experience collaborating with security, legal, and compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Monitor security events and provide technical analysis on alerts.
• Lead security incidents from strategy through closure, providing updates to stakeholders.
• Support cross-functional teams and build runbooks and automated workflows.

Skills

Security incident response

Python

Cloud security

Forensics

Tools

SIEM tools

AWS

GCP

Job description

Samsara is seeking an experienced security incident response engineer to monitor security events, lead incidents as Incident Commander, and conduct digital forensic investigations. You will collaborate with a global team of engineers, support Employee Relations, Legal, Compliance, and Information Security cases while building runbooks and automated workflows.

The role requires 5+ years in incident response, Python proficiency, and experience with cloud security (AWS, GCP) and cross‑platform