Senior Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team

Datadog•New York, NY

5h•$192,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Security Engineer will join Datadog’s Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), which defends the organization against cybersecurity threats and helps protect customer data. The role works with teams across Datadog to identify, triage, and respond to threats, contain incidents, improve response tools and systems, and share cross-functional learnings from incidents to strengthen the organization’s defensive posture. The position operates in Datadog’s hybrid workplace and participates in a light on-call rotation.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in security incident response, threat hunting, security operations, cloud security, or another operational security domain.
Experience with at least one public cloud platform: AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, or Terraform.
Strong understanding of cloud-native threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and corresponding defensive controls.
Stay up to date with the threat landscape through sources such as blogs, whitepapers, and conference talks.
Experience using a wide range of technologies and datasets to detect threats in cloud and enterprise environments.
Experience building and supporting tools for incident response and forensic use cases using Python, Go, or similar programming languages.

Responsibilities

Partner with Cyber Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering to identify threats to Datadog and ensure detections are appropriate, accurate, and high-signal.
Triage escalated alerts to determine whether a security incident is occurring or may occur imminently.
Respond to security incidents as an incident commander or incident responder.
Build tools and automations that eliminate repetitive processes and improve efficiency.
Improve the overall security posture through post-incident reviews, tabletop and purple team exercises, and process and runbook improvements.
Participate in a light on-call rotation.

Benefits

Generous and competitive benefits package, varying by country and employment nature.
New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and an employee stock purchase plan.
Continuous career development and pathing opportunities.
Employee-focused onboarding.
Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program.
Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.
Healthcare benefits.
Dental benefits.
Parental planning benefits.
Mental health benefits.
401(k) plan and match.
Paid time off.
Fitness reimbursements.
Discounted employee stock purchase plan.
Competitive salary and equity package; may include variable compensation.