Senior Security Engineer - Red Team

The Red Team is part of our Resilience Engineering organization and our mission is to continuously increase the resilience of Datadog against sophisticated attacks by running simulations to verify our company’s preparedness. By acting from a hostile perspective, we uncover technical and organizational vulnerabilities and challenge our engineer’s operational ability to react under real conditions.

We are looking for a senior security engineer to join our growing Red Team in order to help Datadog evaluate the true impact of its threats, form a better understanding of how we need to harden assets to prevent future attacks, and identify broad security risks that were previously unconfirmed. You will work closely with internal engineering and security teams to drive the improvement of Datadog’s security posture, detection effectiveness and security incident response capabilities.

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:

• You will perform Red and Purple Team exercises to evaluate gaps in our defense in collaboration with our blue teams
• Advocate for security change across the company through building partnerships and clearly communicating impact of risks
• Prototype tools and techniques to increase adversarial simulation efficiency
• Investigate the impact of emerging vulnerabilities and conduct vulnerability research
• Work closely with engineering teams to mitigate or remediate security vulnerabilities
• Assist in incident response activities

Who You Are:

• You have 5+ years of experience with red team operations, pentesting cloud based environments, networks, software development technologies, and web applications
• You have 2+ years of experience in leading cross-functional projects
• You are an excellent communicator who enjoys collaborating with others, and approaches problems with curiosity and empathy
• You are committed to developing yourself and learning new skills
• You understand the security principles and experience in assessing security of AWS, Azure, GCP and/or other cloud providers
• You understand the security principles and experience in assessing Kubernetes and container security
• You are comfortable with one or more programming languages (Python, Go, Java, etc.)
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent experience

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 & Growth:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

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 (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth.

Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn and Datadog Learning Center.

Datadog 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:$187,000—$240,000 USD

About Datadog:

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) is a global SaaS business, delivering a rare combination of growth and profitability. We are on a mission to break down silos and solve complexity in the cloud age by enabling digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stacks. Built by engineers, for engineers, Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries. Together, we champion professional development, diversity of thought, innovation, and work excellence to empower continuous growth. Join the pack and become part of a collaborative, pragmatic, and thoughtful people-first community where we solve tough problems, take smart risks, and celebrate one another. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and 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 more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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