About the role:
The Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise Security is responsible for building, operating, and maintaining Samsara’s core security infrastructure. Reporting to the Manager of Enterprise Security, you will collaborate with a global team of engineers to build a world-class security engineering program utilizing modern principles across corporate and product infrastructure.
You take security seriously and strive to build low-friction solutions developed in close partnership with others. You are passionate about building automation and helping to drive insights around potentially malicious activity within production environments. You will use your familiarity with a diverse set of technologies and practices to build a leading program in our industry.
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 won’t 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.
- You’re 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-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best.
Click here to learn more about Samsara's cultural philosophy.
In this role, you will:
- Contribute to the development, deployment, and management of Samsara’s enterprise security program, including endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management, device trust, and SaaS posture management.
- Be responsible for one or more key security systems or processes, working directly with stakeholders and vendors to ensure seamless integration and operation.
- Write documentation and runbooks around key enterprise security needs.
- Collaborate with Security Operations to provide subject matter expertise around security investigations and incident management.
- Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s 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:
- Significant (4+ years) experience working in enterprise security in the technology sector with demonstrated impact and career progression
- Deep subject matter expertise within enterprise security, such as extensive experience managing endpoint security toolsets, device trust efforts, email security tooling, secure access service edge delivery, or SaaS posture and security
- Proven history of planning and delivering high-impact, complex projects with clarity and independence
- Willingness to collaborate and mentor more junior team members and cross-functional partners, including via documentation writing, code pairing, and other activities.
An ideal candidate also has:
- Experience building out security programs using modern SaaS platforms such as Zscaler, Crowdstrike, Wiz, Splunk, and other tools.
- Experience with securing common SaaS productivity tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, and Atlassian products in an enterprise environment.
