Senior Datadog Security & Observability Engineer
Core
Senior Datadog Engineer focused on detection engineering, SIEM operations, and security observability for production and corporate environments.
Role type
Senior IC security observability engineer (Datadog)
Builds
Scalable detection rules, telemetry pipelines, dashboards, and monitoring capabilities for security visibility and incident response.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, SIEM, Observability
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Datadog Cloud SIEM, Datadog Log Management, Datadog Security Monitoring, detection rule development, log pipeline management, MITRE ATT&CK framework, AWS cloud-native infrastructure, Python/PowerShell scripting, Terraform, Datadog APIs
Preferred skills
SentinelOne, Wiz, Datadog APM/Infrastructure Monitoring/Distributed Tracing, SOAR, Sigma, multi-account AWS environments, zero-trust architectures
Technologies
Datadog, SentinelOne, Wiz, AWS, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Claude, ChatGPT
Responsibilities
Design and maintain detection and telemetry capabilities across Datadog and security platforms; Develop and tune high-fidelity Datadog detection rules aligned to real-world attack scenarios; Improve alert quality by reducing false positives and increasing detection accuracy; Design and maintain Datadog log pipelines, processors, parsing rules, and retention strategies; Implement detection-as-code practices for scalable rule management; Correlate signals across Datadog, EDR, cloud, and identity platforms; Build Datadog dashboards and analytics to support operational decision-making; Map detection coverage against MITRE ATT&CK and identify telemetry gaps.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
