[Remote] Senior Datadog Security & Observability Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Keeper Security, Inc. is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. They are seeking a Senior DataDog Engineer to join their DevOps team, focusing on detection engineering, SIEM operations, and security observability across Keeper’s production and corporate environments.


Responsibilities

  • Own and continuously improve Datadog Cloud SIEM, security monitoring and observability capabilities across production and corporate environments
  • Design, build and maintain detection and telemetry capabilities across Datadog, SentinelOne, Wiz and related security platforms
  • Develop, test and tune high-fidelity Datadog detection rules aligned to real-world attack scenarios and adversary behaviors
  • Improve alert quality by reducing false positives, eliminating noise and increasing detection accuracy
  • Design and maintain Datadog log pipelines, processors, parsing rules, facets, indexes, archives and retention strategies
  • Implement and mature detection-as-code practices for scalable, version-controlled and testable rule management
  • Define and enforce logging, telemetry and instrumentation standards across cloud infrastructure, applications, endpoints and identity systems
  • Build and optimize log ingestion, parsing, normalization, enrichment and routing workflows
  • Automate onboarding of new telemetry sources and improve visibility across production and corporate environments
  • Correlate signals across Datadog, EDR, cloud, identity and security platforms to improve detection depth and investigation quality
  • Partner with Security Operations to improve triage workflows, incident response readiness and escalation quality
  • Build Datadog dashboards, monitors, analytics and reporting that support operational decision-making across Security, SRE and Engineering
  • Map and maintain detection coverage against MITRE ATT&CK and identify telemetry and detection gaps
  • Perform detection gap assessments and evolve use cases based on threat intelligence, threat hunting and emerging risks
  • Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, product and compliance teams to strengthen secure logging and observability patterns throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Use AI-assisted tools such as Claude, ChatGPT or similar platforms to support query development, detection engineering, investigations, automation and technical documentation

Skills

  • 4+ years of Datadog experience in detection engineering, SIEM engineering, security engineering, and security observability
  • Deep, hands-on production experience administering and engineering Datadog in complex cloud environments
  • Strong experience with Datadog Cloud SIEM, Log Management, Security Monitoring, dashboards, monitors and alerting
  • Experience designing and maintaining Datadog log pipelines, processors, parsing rules, facets, indexes and retention strategies
  • Experience building, testing and tuning detection rules, correlation logic and investigation workflows in Datadog
  • Strong understanding of security telemetry across cloud, endpoint, identity and application environments
  • Experience with log parsing, normalization, enrichment and pipeline management
  • Strong knowledge of AWS and cloud-native infrastructure
  • Proficiency with scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell or similar languages
  • Experience using Datadog APIs, Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools to automate configuration and platform management
  • Solid understanding of modern detection strategies, attacker behaviors and the MITRE ATT&CK framework
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across logs, metrics, traces, infrastructure and application telemetry
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across Security Operations, Engineering, Infrastructure and SRE teams
  • Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively to improve query development, detection analysis, troubleshooting, automation and documentation
  • Experience with SentinelOne, Wiz or related cloud and endpoint security platforms
  • Experience with Datadog Application Performance Monitoring, Infrastructure Monitoring, distributed tracing or synthetic monitoring
  • Experience optimizing Datadog ingestion volume, indexing, retention and platform cost
  • Experience with SOAR, workflow automation or response orchestration
  • Familiarity with Sigma or other detection-as-code frameworks
  • Experience operating Datadog across large-scale, multi-account or multi-region AWS environments
  • Experience in high-scale SaaS, cloud-native or security product environments
  • Familiarity with zero-trust architectures, identity-centric security and privileged access management
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
  • Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
  • Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
  • 401K (Roth/Traditional)
  • A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
  • Above market annual bonuses
  • This can be a 100% remote position from select locations
  • Opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro area

Company Overview

  • Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for millions of individuals and thousands of organizations globally. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is

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