security
Posted Jun 10Senior Security Engineer, Offensive Security
at Datadoghq
New York, United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute red team engagements end-to-end, simulating real-world threat actors across cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and corporate environments
- Build and maintain custom offensive tooling, automation frameworks, and engagement infrastructure, treating offensive operations as a software engineering problem
- Develop custom payloads and evasion capabilities tailored to Datadog's environment and modern defensive controls (EDR, SIEM, network monitoring)
- Improve the efficiency of offensive operations through thoughtful use of automation and AI, accelerating reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, and reporting workflows
Requirements
- We embrace automation and AI to run adversary simulations continuously across a massive cloud-native environment, and we expect our offensive engineers to build the tooling that makes that possible.
- We're looking for a Senior Security Engineer who can execute sophisticated red team operations, write the code that scales them, and take an AI-first approach to offensive security engineering.
- experience in offensive security (red teaming, penetration testing, or adversary simulation) with a track record of operating against mature, well-defended environments
- You write production-quality code (Python, Go, or similar), can build your own tools, and automate your workflows rather than relying exclusively on off-the-shelf frameworks
- You have deep expertise in at least a two of the following areas: macOS security, Linux security, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines You have
- experience developing evasion techniques against modern defensive controls and understand how detections work from the blue team side
- You have strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex offensive findings clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- 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.
- Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram , LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.
Experience
- You have 5+ years of hands-on
Benefits
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- 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.
- 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: $195,000 — $240,000 USD
Additional details
- Here at Datadog, we think about offensive security a little bit differently.
- 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 the Detection & Response team on purple team exercises to validate detection logic, improve alert fidelity, and influence threat models
- Translate offensive findings into concrete improvements by working directly with defensive security and engineering teams to close gaps Who You Are:
- You are comfortable operating with ambiguity, scoping your own work, identifying what matters most, and driving projects from prototype to deployed and validated
- 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.
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking