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Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management

Datadog· Security
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Hybrid (Boston, MA; New York, NY)$192k - $240kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Security Engineer focusing on vulnerability management to scale and improve the vulnerability lifecycle across Datadog’s multi-cloud products and services, using AI/automation and collaboration with multiple teams.

Responsibilities

  • Work across the vulnerability lifecycle from detection and impact assessment through risk-based prioritization, remediation, and verification.
  • Use AI and automation to build tools, services, and workflows that make security ideas concrete, validate them quickly, and create alignment for scalable implementation.
  • Reduce engineering toil through a “PRs, not tickets” approach, using automation to enrich findings, identify ownership, recommend or deliver fixes, and track outcomes.
  • Analyze recurring vulnerabilities and remediation failures to identify root causes and opportunities to prevent issues earlier in the SDLC.
  • Partner with SDLC Security, Product Security, platform teams, and engineering teams to balance technical constraints, business impact, and risk; communicate concerns early and pair problems with actionable options.
  • Provide evidence and subject matter expertise for vulnerability management processes and controls for multiple compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP, ISO)

Qualifications

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience identifying, prioritizing, and driving remediation of vulnerabilities in large software, cloud, or infrastructure environments
  • Ability to independently solve complex technical problems using Go, Python, or Java
  • Experience with cloud-native or multi-cloud environments, containers or orchestration platforms, infrastructure as code, and modern software-delivery workflows
  • Experience reproducing and validating externally reported vulnerabilities
  • Data-driven risk assessment using exploitability, exposure, technical context, and business impact
  • Ability to work with incomplete specifications, break problems down, test assumptions, and adjust when new information emerges
  • Ability to use AI-assisted tools thoughtfully and explain the reasoning behind decisions
  • Strong cross-functional influencing skills across security, engineering, product, and compliance

Skills

Required:Vulnerability managementProgrammingCloud and container technologies

Benefits

  • New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
  • Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
  • Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program
  • Inclusive culture and Employee Resource Groups (Community Guilds)
  • Inclusion Talks internal panel discussions
  • Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
  • Competitive global benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and discounted employee stock purchase plan
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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