Senior Partner Solutions Architect (Security - NAMER)

Datadog • San Francisco, CA

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

We are Datadog’s in-house product experts. The Technical Solutions team enables Datadog’s worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. As a Senior Partner Solutions Architect (Security), you’ll focus on helping partners design, package, and deliver modern security solutions using Datadog’s Observability and Security platform. You’ll collaborate closely with Datadog’s Channels & Alliances team to help partners achieve secure, observable, and compliant cloud operations for Datadog customers. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Requirements

• Possess strong technical grounding across Cloud and Security domains, ideally with experience implementing or supporting cloud security, SIEM, and observability solutions.
• 10–15 years in partner-facing, customer-facing, or consulting technical roles, with a background in cloud security.
• Self-starter with strong business acumen and the ability to articulate Datadog’s Security and Observability value story from technical deep dives to CISO-level conversations.
• Confident presentation skills
• Desired hands-on experience in two or more of the following: Observability & Security: Datadog, Splunk, Chronicle, New Relic, AppDynamics Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP (with IAM, VPC, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Defender for Cloud) Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift (with security add-ons such as KSPM, admission controls) Dev/Scripting: Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Go Config Mgmt: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef CI / CD: Jenkins, GitLab

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working in a technical role supporting channel partners (Systems Integrators, Managed Service Providers, e.g.)
• Prior experience working with security-focused partners
• Security certifications (e.g. CISSP, GIAC, CCSP, CKS, AWS Security Specialty)

Responsibilities

• Ensure the successful onboarding, training, and certification of partner technical resources, including security enablement across Datadog’s products.
• Participate in periodic joint business planning and review sessions to ensure direct alignment between Datadog and Partner technical teams
• Collaborate internally to support Partner technical initiatives such as end-customer demonstrations and proofs of value; partner team enablement workshops; assessment, advice, and coaching on best practices.
• Advocate on behalf of Partners’ technical concerns—especially around security integrations, data governance, and compliance requirements—helping to drive resolution with internal Datadog teams.
• Analyze and understand Partner service offerings on a regular basis and provide recommendations to enhance the value of those services through greater or improved adoption of Datadog features and capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to help shape new product features, integrations, and best practices.
• Continuously help curate and evolve lead/best practices for Datadog platform adoption and success.

Benefits

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees