Senior Security Engineer - Cloud SIEM

Datadog; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 85.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

New hire stock equity

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Comprehensive mental health benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Datadog is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to focus on their Cloud SIEM product, helping to advance detection capabilities and improve security workflows. This role involves researching threats, designing investigation processes, and developing detection content for various platforms.

The ideal candidate has experience in threat hunting, detection engineering, and proficiency in languages like Python and Go. This position promises opportunities for professional growth and to contribute to cutting-edge security practices.

Formación

• Experienced with detection engineering and incident response.
• Knowledgeable in securing public cloud environments.
• Proficient in Python or Go for automation.
• Skilled in modern detection engineering practices.

Responsabilidades

• Research attacker techniques and develop scalable security capabilities.
• Design AI-powered investigation workflows.
• Own the lifecycle of threat detections.
• Develop detection content for various cloud platforms.
• Mentor security engineers and enhance processes through automation.

Conocimientos

Detection engineering

Incident response

Threat hunting

Cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Kubernetes

Python

Go

Descripción del empleo

As a Senior Security Engineer focused on Datadog’s Cloud SIEM product, you will help shape the future of security operations by transforming real-world security expertise into scalable detection, investigation, and response capabilities. You will develop high-impact threat detection content, improve AI-assisted security workflows, and help defenders identify and respond to threats across cloud-native and enterprise environments. Working closely with Product, Engineering, and Security Research teams, you will influence the evolution of Datadog Security products while advancing detection coverage across emerging technologies and attack surfaces. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to open source initiatives, publish security research, and help define the next generation of agentic security operations capabilities.

What You’ll Do

• Research attacker techniques, defensive strategies, and emerging threats, translating findings into scalable security capabilities that protect customers at cloud scale.
• Design and improve AI-powered investigation, threat hunting, and response workflows that support Datadog’s agentic SOC capabilities.
• Own the lifecycle of threat detections and automated security workflows, from research and design through deployment, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Develop high-fidelity detection content across cloud platforms, SaaS applications, identity systems, endpoints, networks, and other modern attack surfaces.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security Research, and customers to influence roadmap decisions and improve security outcomes across the platform.
• Mentor security engineers and drive improvements through automation, tooling, rapid prototyping, and data-driven optimization.

Who You Are

• Experienced in detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, security operations, or related defensive security disciplines.
• Knowledgeable in securing and operating public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, along with cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.
• Skilled in modern detection engineering practices, including detection-as-code methodologies and large-scale security telemetry analysis.
• Proficient in Python, Go, or similar programming languages used to automate workflows, analyze security data, and build security tooling.
• Comfortable driving initiatives through ambiguity while collaborating effectively across engineering, product, and research organizations.
• Passionate about applying AI and automation to improve how defenders investigate, detect, and respond to threats.

Benefits and Growth

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career growth opportunities.
• Mentor and buddy programs that support learning, development, and internal networking.
• An inclusive culture with opportunities to participate in Community Guilds and employee resource groups.
• Access to Inclusion Talks and other learning experiences that foster belonging and growth.
• Comprehensive mental health benefits for employees and eligible dependents.
• Competitive benefits programs that support employees globally.

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

About Datadog

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence.

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.