Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management

Datadog is seeking an outstanding Security Engineer to support the Vulnerability Management program in our growing multi-provider ecosystem. You will identify and drive remediation for vulnerabilities discovered across Datadog’s multi-cloud products and services, building on platforms to automate the processes in order to triage and prioritize security deviations to closure, and provide insight to the state of security of Datadog. You will collaborate with various security, engineering, and compliance teams to understand technical constraints, identify solutions that reduce risk, and automate reporting for multiple compliance frameworks. 

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:

• Work across multiple technologies and major cloud platforms to perform vulnerability impact assessment, root causes analysis, and to identify strategic opportunities for security posture improvement
• Develop, deploy, and maintain services that detect vulnerabilities and drive remediation
• Use custom and third party tools, as well as the Datadog platform, to detect, report, and remediate vulnerabilities
• Partner with internal and external customers to analyze security reports, identify false positives, and plan fixes required
• Provide evidence and subject matter expertise for vulnerability management processes and controls for multiple compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP, ISO)
• Independently analyze the Datadog environment to proactively identify critical exposure

Who You Are:

• You have security experience managing the identification and remediation of vulnerabilities within large software systems
• You are experienced in one or more programming experience (Golang, Python, Java etc)
• You are experienced with usage of orchestration platforms and container runtimes, infrastructure as code and cloud-native or multi-cloud environment (we use AWS, GCP and Azure)
• You have experience in driving efficiencies through automation, orchestration and partnerships with external teams
• You have good knowledge of integrating, analyzing, and communicating relevant metrics for very large data sets
• You are able to work independently and collaboratively, and communicate effectively in a fast-paced, high growth, distributed organization
• 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 and Growth:

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental 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.

The reasonably estimated salary for this role at Datadog ranges from $130,000 - $300,000, plus a competitive 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.

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