Security Engineer II - Vulnerability Management

Job Summary

We re seeking a talented Security Engineer with hands-on experience deploying, managing, and operating modern Vulnerability Management platforms. In this role, you ll work alongside technical product managers and engineers across the company to maintain Samsara s Vulnerability Management infrastructure and de-risk software vulnerabilities to better protect our customers.

We seek someone who is passionate about leveraging automation to enhance efficiency, is enthusiastic about working with infrastructure-as-code, and has a wealth of experience collaborating with teams to reduce software vulnerabilities. Your contributions will be critical to shaping our overall security and compliance strategy. At Samsara, we value working backwards from winning as an operating principle. Your ability to define success and work with cross-functional stakeholders by working backwards to reach that success is pivotal.

Responsibilities

• Support the ongoing operation and maintenance of Samsara s vulnerability management program, ensuring consistent execution of processes.
• Assist in managing vulnerability scanning tools and help refine detection capabilities to improve accuracy and reduce false positives.
• Work closely with the Vulnerability Technical Program Manager to generate and distribute monthly and quarterly compliance reports.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to track and support the remediation of identified vulnerabilities, providing guidance on best practices.
• Assist in analyzing and triaging vulnerabilities, escalating critical issues to senior security engineers or Security Operations as needed.
• Participate in security incident investigations related to high-profile vulnerabilities, helping gather data and assess potential impact on Samsara infrastructure.
• Contribute to documentation and process improvements to streamline vulnerability management workflows.
• Champion Samsara s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) in daily work.

Minimum requirements for the role

• Familiarity with security engineering best practices and common security vulnerabilities, with the ability to assess their severity and impact.
• Scripting experience, preferably in Python and Pandas data analysis package, to assist with automation tasks.
• Understanding of cloud environments (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code concepts (Terraform experience is a plus).
• Experience working in Linux-based environments and troubleshooting security-related issues.
• Exposure to security automation tools (e.g., Tines, AWS Lambda) is beneficial but not required.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools such as Wiz or Semgrep is a plus.
• 2-4 years of relevant experience in security engineering, vulnerability management, or a related technical field.

An ideal candidate also has

• Practical experience managing vulnerabilities within a FedRAMP-certified environment.
• Experience integrating vulnerability management into modern CI/CD pipelines with a shift-left mentality.
• Growth mindset around learning the state of the vulnerability management in the industry

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