Senior Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team

VulnU; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match

Equity

Paid parental leave

Flexible PTO

Home-office stipend

Job summary

Datadog’s Security Incident Response Team seeks a Senior Security Engineer to triage and respond to incidents, lead expert responders, and improve defensive posture. You’ll collaborate across teams to identify threats and develop automation for faster containment, while maintaining a strong focus on cloud-native environments.

You bring 5+ years in IR/Threat hunting, hands-on with AWS/GCP/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and fluent in Python or Go for tooling and intelligence workflows.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in security incident response, threat hunting, security operations, or cloud security.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native tech (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform).
• Strong understanding of cloud-native threat actor TTPs and defensive controls; active learning from threat intel sources.
• Experience building/supporting incident response and forensic tools using Python, Go, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Triage and respond to security incidents; act as incident commander or responder as needed.
• Identify threats, triage alerts, and determine incident likelihood or occurrence.
• Develop tools and automations to reduce repetitive incident-response work.
• Lead post-incident reviews, tabletop exercises, and improve runbooks.

Skills

Security incident response

Threat hunting

Cloud security

Security operations

Python/Go programming

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

# Senior Security Engineer, Security Incident Response TeamDatadog · datadoghq.comCategory: Incident Response / DFIRLocation: New York, New York, USALevel: Senior## Quality of lifeWhat the posting states. Hover or tap a perk to see the line it came from.* Retirement match* Equity* Paid parental leave* Flexible PTO* Home-office stipendThe Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) plays a vital role in keeping Datadog safe from cybersecurity threats, defending the organization against threat actors, and maintaining the trust of our customers by ensuring their data remains protected. In this role, you will work closely with teams across Datadog to identify, triage, and respond to a wide range of threats, ensuring that we can contain any incidents as quickly as possible. You will also contribute to the tools and systems that make us more effective in our mission, and help ensure we have cross-functional learning from incidents to improve our defensive posture going forward.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.What You’ll Do:Partner with our Cyber Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering teams to identify threats to Datadog and ensure we have appropriate, accurate, high-signal detections for those threats.Triage escalated alerts to determine whether a security incident is occurring or may occur imminently.Respond to security incidents, whether as an incident commander or as an incident responderMake us more efficient through building tools and automations that eliminate repetitive processesHelp us improve our overall security posture through post-incident reviews, tabletop and purple team exercises, and process/runbook improvements.Participate in a light on-call rotation.Who You Are:You have at least 5 years of experience in security incident response, threat hunting, security operations, cloud security, or other operational security domains.You’ve worked with at least one public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, or Terraform.You have a strong understanding of cloud-native threat actor TTPs and corresponding defensive controls and actively stay up to date with the threat landscape from various blogs, whitepapers, and conference talks.You’ve used a wide range of technologies and datasets to detect threats in cloud and enterprise environmentsYou have experience building and supporting tools for incident response and forensic use cases using Python, Go, or similar programming languages.Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.Benefits and Growth:Generous and competitive benefits packageNew hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase planContinuous career development and pathing opportunitiesEmployee-focused best in class onboardingInternal mentor and cross-departmental buddy programFriendly and inclusive workplace cultureBenefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.#LI-HybridDatadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:$192,000 $240,000 USDAbout 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. 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