About this role

This role focuses on creating and operationalizing threat detection content using cloud-native datasets and runtime events, supporting Datadog's security platform and incident response capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Create detection content
Operationalize telemetry
Research attacker techniques
Support incident response
Mentor junior engineers

Technical Overview

Involves security data analysis, cloud-native security datasets, detection lifecycle management, automation tooling, and security research.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior security engineer with over 5 years of experience in threat detection, vulnerability management, and cloud-native security data analysis. They excel in developing detection content, automating security processes, and mentoring junior engineers.

Must-Have Skills

Threat detection content creationSecurity data analysisExperience with cloud native datasetsIncident response workflowsDetection lifecycle management

Nice-to-Have Skills

Open source security researchSecurity blog writingConference presentationsAutomation toolingPlatform development

Tools & Platforms

Cloud native datasetsWorkload runtime eventsSecurity automation toolsDetection platforms

Required Skills

Threat detectionVulnerability managementSecurity content developmentCloud native datasetsWorkload runtime eventsSecurity researchDetection contentSecurity automationIncident responseSecurity engineering

Hard Skills

Threat detectionVulnerability managementSecurity content developmentCloud native datasetsWorkload runtime eventsSecurity researchDetection contentSecurity automationIncident responseSecurity engineering

Soft Skills

CollaborationResearchProblem-solvingMentorshipCommunication

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Threat detection content development and security data analysis

Keywords for Your Resume

Threat detectionVulnerability managementSecurity content developmentCloud native datasetsWorkload runtime eventsSecurity researchDetection contentSecurity automationIncident responseSecurity engineeringThreat detection content creationSecurity data analysisDetection lifecyclePlatform developmentSecurity platform

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with cloud native datasets, No background in detection content creation, Inability to work in a hybrid environment, No experience with security automation tools

Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection Engineering

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