Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection Engineering
Datadog
about 2 months ago
Boston, MA, USA +2 more
Senior / Mid Level
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$187k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Learn about detecting threats in modern enterprise environments to enhance threat management products.
- Own the entire detection lifecycle from ideation to production and maintenance.
- Research and operationalize telemetry from data platforms into threat detection products.
- Design security investigation workflows and improve AI capabilities for precision.
- Mentor junior security engineers and lead detection work streams.
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to develop detection content roadmaps.
- Drive efficiencies in content development through innovative tooling and automation.
- Promote the Datadog security brand through blogs, webinars, and conference presentations.
Requirements
- Background in detection engineering, incident response, or security operations.
- Experience with at least one public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud native technologies.
- Understanding of modern cloud native attacker techniques and prevention controls.
- Proficient in Windows and Linux internals and associated telemetry.
- Experience in detecting and responding to threats at scale using a modern detection engineering approach.
- Basic proficiency in Python, Golang, or other programming languages.
- Ability to measure the effectiveness of security detections for data-driven decisions.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and bringing fresh perspectives to the team.
Benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Continuous professional development and career pathing opportunities.
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for networking.
- Inclusive company culture with Community Guilds for employee resource groups.
- Access to internal panel discussions on inclusion.
- Free global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
- Competitive global benefits package.
Tech Stack
AWSAzureDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonTerraform
Categories
Security