Sr. Security Engineer - Enterprise Security
SamsaraRemote
INTERN
Posted April 21, 2026
$133k - $172k
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Job Description
At Samsara, we embrace a flexible working model that caters to the diverse needs of our teams.
Key Responsibilities
- The Senior Security Engineer I - Enterprise Security is responsible for building, operating, and maintaining Samsara’s core security infrastructure. You will collaborate with a global team of engineers to help build a world-class security engineering program utilizing modern principles across corporate infrastructure.
- You take security seriously and strive to build low-friction solutions developed in close partnership with others. You are passionate about building automated alerting and response capabilities and helping to drive insights around potentially malicious activity within production environments. You enjoy building tools and workflows from scratch, maintaining active programs, and threading security into company processes to meet business needs. You will use your familiarity with a diverse set of technologies and practices to build a leading program in our industry. You enjoy teaching and supporting team members, and helping junior engineers develop their skills and security instincts.
- This is a remote position open to candidates residing in Canada. Must be based in Pacific Standard Time.
- Provide influence and leadership over Samsara’s Enterprise Security roadmap and priorities, helping to balance both near-term and long-term business impact with technical considerations.
- Write clear, concise documentation and runbooks for enterprise security workflows.
- Collaborate with partners across Engineering, IT, and Security to ensure proper implementation of security tools and policies.
- Occasionally assist the Security Operations team during security investigations, acting as a technical subject matter expert within your domain.
- Partner with engineering teams to triage and support remediation of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in systems and applications.
- Mentor engineers in the Security team to grow their domain knowledge, tool-specific skills, and communication abilities.
- 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
Requirements
- 4+ years of relevant experience in an Enterprise Security role with demonstrated impact.
- Deep expertise in enterprise security engineering best practices, with a focus on SASE tools like Zscaler.
- Strong scripting skills with Python, including experience building tools and automations.
- Demonstrated experience building, integrating, and maintaining enterprise security tools.
- Strong familiarity with common security problems and the ability to independently judge their severity and impact on the business.
- Hands-on experience with automation tools (e.g., Tines, AWS Lambda) and common security platforms (e.g., Crowdstrike, Zscaler, Wiz).
- Track record of delivering impactful work across multiple quarters and collaborating effectively across teams.
- Resides in the Pacific or Hawaii time zones.
- Experience driving efforts around zero trust, least privilege, just-in-time access management, identity lifecycle management, and data loss prevention.
- A history of building out security programs using modern SaaS platforms such as Crowdstrike, Mimecast Incydr, Splunk, and other tools.
- Experience with infrastructure as code deployments using Terraform
- The range of annual base salary for full-time employees for this position is below. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your city of residence, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance, subject to plan terms and conditions. Learn more about our total rewards and benefits below.
- Annual Base Salary
- $132,600
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- $171,600 CAD
Benefits & Perks
- At Samsara, we build for the people who keep the global economy moving. We want owners, not passengers, which is why our rewards are designed to fuel high-impact builders. Our compensation program delivers above-market total compensation through a combination of base salary, performance-based bonus/variable pay, and equity (for eligible roles) in a high-growth public company. We meaningfully differentiate pay for our top performers, who have the opportunity to earn above-market compensation that can outpace the broader market over time.
- Beyond compensation, we provide the foundations that enable long-term success: a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more. If you’re ready to build for the long term and own the outcome, your journey starts here.
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