Senior Security Engineer - Cloud SIEM

Role Overview

As a Senior Security Engineer specializing in Datadog's Cloud SIEM product, you will drive advancements in security operations by transforming expert security knowledge into scalable detection, investigation, and response mechanisms. You'll create impactful threat detection content, refine AI-assisted security workflows, and support defenders in managing threats across cloud-native and corporate environments. This role involves collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Security Research teams to help shape Datadog's security product evolution and broaden detection capabilities over emerging technologies and attack surfaces. Opportunities include contributing to open-source projects, publishing security research, and defining innovative agentic security operation tools.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research on attacker tactics, defensive methods, and new threats to develop scalable protective security solutions for cloud environments.
• Design and enhance AI-driven investigation, threat hunting, and response processes that empower Datadog’s agentic SOC functionalities.
• Manage the full lifecycle of threat detection and automated security workflows including research, implementation, evaluation, and continuous refinement.
• Create precise detection content covering cloud platforms, SaaS apps, identity systems, endpoints, networks, and modern threat vectors.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Security Research teams, and customers to inform roadmap priorities and bolster security results.
• Provide mentorship to security engineers and promote improvements through automation, tooling, rapid prototyping, and data-oriented optimization.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, security operations, or related defensive security roles.
• Proficiency in securing and managing public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud alongside cloud-native tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
• Expertise in modern detection engineering practices including detection-as-code and handling large-scale security telemetry data.
• Fluency in programming languages such as Python or Go to automate tasks, analyze security data, and create security solutions.
• Ability to lead projects amid uncertainty and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams across engineering, product, and research domains.
• Strong enthusiasm for leveraging AI and automation to enhance threat investigation, detection, and response efforts.

Additional Information

Datadog is committed to diversity and inclusion, encouraging applicants from all backgrounds to apply even if not all qualifications are met initially. The company fosters a hybrid workplace model to balance professional and personal needs and values an inclusive corporate culture.

Benefits and Growth Opportunities

• Equity compensation through new hire stock options and an employee stock purchase plan.
• Ongoing training, professional development, and avenues for career advancement.
• Mentorship and buddy systems to support learning and networking.
• Participation in employee resource groups and community guilds promoting inclusion.
• Access to educational programming focused on diversity, equity, and belonging.
• Comprehensive mental health support for employees and eligible dependents.
• Competitive global benefits package, varying by location and employment type.

About Datadog

Datadog leads in observability and security platforms optimized for the AI era, unifying applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security with AI-driven issue detection and resolution. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and innovative AI organizations alike, Datadog accelerates business velocity with transparency and assurance.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

Datadog is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to inclusive hiring regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or other protected categories. The company ensures accessibility throughout the application process and maintains privacy and AI guidelines governing candidate information.