Senior Security Engineer Threat Detection Engineering
Locations : Boston, MA; Denver, CO; New York, NY
The Security Research team at Datadog develops impactful security detection content for Datadogs Security platform. You will join a diverse team of hackers and builders who launch impactful security products and research via cross?company collaboration, partnerships with the security community and open?source initiatives.
What Youll Do :
- Learn everything about detecting threats in modern enterprise environments and pour it back into building a great threat management product for our customers
- Own the entire detection lifecycle from ideation to production and maintenance
- Research and ideate the most ideal way to operationalize telemetry end?to?end from our data platforms into our threat detection products as detections at scale across thousands of customers
- Mentor and support junior security engineers on the team while functionally leading one or more detection work streams
- Partner with product management, engineering, security research and customers to develop roadmaps of detection content for various integrations and other security concerns
- Design security investigation and response workflows to enable the instrumentation of our agentic SOC architecture; identify inefficiencies in the AI capabilities and work through engineering to improve its level of precision
- Identify and drive inefficiencies out of content development processes through the creation of innovative tooling, automation and rapid prototyping; shepherd platform issues impacting content development and user experience through engineering to completion
- Evangelize yourself and the Datadog security brand through blog posts, documentation, webinars, and workshops. Present at conferences to highlight the challenges and successes in the field
Who You Are :
A background in detection engineering, incident response or other security operations functionExperience operating in at least one public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure) and other cloud native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform)Understanding of modern cloud native attacker techniques and familiarity with technical controls to prevent and detect these attacksProficient understanding of Windows and Linux internals and associated telemetry to detect threats at runtimeVast experience detecting and responding to threats at scale through a wide variety of technologies and datasets using a modern detection engineering approach (detection?as?code)Basic proficiency with Python, Golang or other programming languagesExperience measuring the quantitative and qualitative effectiveness of security detections to make data?driven decisionsThrive in navigating ambiguity and ability to bring fresh perspectives to the teamBenefits and Growth :
New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathingIntradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in?house networkingAn inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussionsFree, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+Salary range : $187,000 $240,000 USD per year. Datadog offers variable compensation and comprehensive benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health, 401(k) match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements and a discounted ESPP.
Datadog (NASDAQ : DDOG) is a global SaaS business delivering growth and profitability. We champion professional development, diversity, innovation and work excellence. Join us to solve complex problems, take smart risks and celebrate excellence.
Equal Opportunity at Datadog :
Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.
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