Senior Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Senior Security Engineer (Cybersecurity): Protecting Datadog from cybersecurity threats and ensuring customer data protection with an accent on threat identification, triage, and incident response. Focus on building tools and automations, improving security posture through post-incident reviews, and participating in on-call rotations.

Location: Hybrid in Paris, France

Company

Datadog is a global SaaS business delivering growth and profitability, focused on breaking down silos and solving complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation and infrastructure monitoring.

What you will do

• Partner with Cyber Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering teams to identify threats.
• Triage escalated alerts to determine whether a security incident is occurring.
• Respond to security incidents, whether as an incident commander or responder.
• Build tools and automations that eliminate repetitive processes.
• Improve overall security posture through post-incident reviews and tabletop exercises.
• Participate in a light on-call rotation.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in security incident response, threat hunting, or cloud security.
• Experience with at least one public cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, or Terraform.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native threat actor TTPs and corresponding defensive controls.
• 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.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous and competitive benefits package.
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan.
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities.
• Employee-focused best in class onboarding.
• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program.
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture.