As a Senior Security Engineer focused on Datadog’s Cloud SIEM product, you will help shape the future of security operations by transforming real-world security expertise into scalable detection, investigation, and response capabilities. You will develop high-impact threat detection content, improve AI-assisted security workflows, and help defenders identify and respond to threats across cloud-native and enterprise environments. Working closely with Product, Engineering, and Security Research teams, you will influence the evolution of Datadog Security products while advancing detection coverage across emerging technologies and attack surfaces. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to open source initiatives, publish security research, and help define the next generation of agentic security operations capabilities. 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: Research attacker techniques, defensive strategies, and emerging threats, translating findings into scalable security capabilities that protect customers at cloud scale. Design and improve AI-powered investigation, threat hunting, and response workflows that support Datadog’s agentic SOC capabilities. Own the lifecycle of threat detections and automated security workflows, from research and design through deployment, measurement, and continuous improvement. Develop high-fidelity detection content across cloud platforms, SaaS applications, identity systems, endpoints, networks, and other modern attack surfaces. Partner with Product, Engineering, Security Research, and customers to influence roadmap decisions and improve security outcomes across the platform. Mentor security engineers and drive improvements through automation, tooling, rapid prototyping, and data-driven optimization. Who Yo
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As a SOC Engineer / Detection Engineer, you will be responsible for detecting, investigating, and responding to security incidents across our environment, while continuously improving how we detect and handle threats. You will work hands-on with our SIEM and incident response processes, and act as a key point of contact between the SOC and other engineering/security teams. Depending on your profile, some of your responsibilities can include: - Incident Response: Lead and support the end-to-end response to security incidents, from detection through containment, eradication, and recovery. - Security Investigation: Conduct in-depth investigations into suspicious activity and alerts, correlating data across logs, endpoints, network, and cloud sources to determine root cause and impact. - Post-Mortems & RCAs: Drive post-incident reviews and root cause analyses (RCAs), documenting ti
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Talkdesk
Talkdesk is a global organization of 1,300 employees located in 19 countries (and counting)! We are a recognized cloud contact center leader, have ~$500 million in funding and a valuation of more than $10 billion with our Series D. Now is the time to be part of the Talkdesk legacy to help accelerate our success in a new decade of transformational growth!
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