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Senior Cloud Security Engineer - K8s

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New York, New York, USA

Security

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About the Role

At Datadog, a Most Loved Workplace® certified employer in the Technology space, Observe, Secure, and Optimize Modern Cloud Infrastructure at Scale.

As a Cloud Security Engineer you will partner with different stakeholders across the organization to secure our cloud infrastructure. As part of the Platform Security organization we secure the building blocks of Datadog’s applications and infrastructure. We do this by building solutions to solve systemic risks and combine an approach of making the secure path easier and the insecure path harder to secure and accelerate the business.&nbsp;

We regularly partner with the most bleeding edge internal products and are working to solve and build solutions to enable our safe usage of AI. We also develop AI based solutions to enable security at scale.

We are looking for a Service Mesh and Kubernetes focused security specialist to help round out an incredibly strong infrastructure security focused group. You will rotate through a variety of internal projects and gain deep exposure to Datadog’s infrastructure.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You’ll Do:&nbsp;

Solve our most challenging cloud infrastructure security problems starting with our core building blocks and golden paths.

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Enable our engineers to build and ship secure solutions quickly.

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Build and extend Datadog’s Platform Security solutions.

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Leverage and influence the direction of Datadog’s <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/product/cloud-security-management/" data-prosemirror-content-type="mark" data-prosemirror-mark-name="link">products</a> to secure our infrastructure, and provide internal feedback that enables our teams to improve the products for ourselves and our customers.

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Who You Are:&nbsp;

You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent professional experience.

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Passionate about advocating for and implementing solutions to complex problems, at-scale, in a large multi-cloud environment.

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You don’t want to just provide security recommendations, you want to help implement solutions to solve systemic issues.&nbsp;

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You have prior experience in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, or Cloud Security.

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You have experience developing, deploying, and extending service mesh systems&nbsp; in production Kubernetes environments.

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Software engineering background with hands-on code review experience; Go, Python, or Rust

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Experience with one or more Kubernetes PKI &amp; network technologies (Consul, Envoy, Cillium, Vault, Istio, etc.).

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Experience with one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes.

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Able to work both independently and collaboratively, willing to work in a fast paced, high growth environment.

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You stay updated with modern security best practices, technologies and emerging threats.

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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.&nbsp;

Benefits and Growth:&nbsp;

New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

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Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing

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Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking

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An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)

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Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions

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Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+

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Competitive global benefits

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</ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description">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.</div><div class="title">The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is:</div><div class="pay-range">$187,000&mdash;$240,000 USD</div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><hr>

About Datadog:&nbsp;

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 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/datadoghq/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/Datadog" target="_blank">LinkedIn,</a> and <a href="https://learn.datadoghq.com/" target="_blank">Datadog Learning Center. </a>

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Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is proud to offer <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf" target="_blank">equal employment opportunity</a> to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/legal/candidate-legal-notices/" target="_blank">Candidate Legal Notices</a> for your reference.&nbsp;

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Any information you submit to Datadog as part of your application will be processed in accordance with Datadog’s&nbsp;<a class="c-link" href="https://www.datadoghq.com/legal/applicant-candidate-privacy/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="https://www.datadoghq.com/legal/applicant-candidate-privacy/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice</a>. For information on our AI policy, please visit <a href="https://www.datadoghq.com/legal/interviewing-at-Datadog-ai-guidelines/" target="_blank">Interviewing at Datadog AI Guidelines</a>.</div>

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Datadog is a leading Cloud company that provides monitoring and analytics solutions. The company operates a global presence with headquarters in New York serving as the primary operational base for key executive leadership and corporate functions including engineering, product, sales, and executive leadership. Datadog maintains additional offices across the Americas in Boston, Denver, San Francisco, and throughout the USA, Canada, Mexico, and South America.

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Datadog is an established organization in its industry. The company focuses on maintaining a supportive workplace culture for all employees.

Key benefit categories include: Financial Benefits, Health & Wellness, Work-Life Balance, Community & Growth. You can view more details on their CertCheck profile.

The day-to-day environment is guided by core values such as Collaborative Problem-Solving and Ownership Mentality and Continuous Learning Culture.

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