Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management

Datadog

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Boston, MANew York, NY
Salary
$192,000–$240,000 / yr
Posted
55 days ago
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Above market

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About Datadog

Datadog, Inc. is an American company that provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, providing monitoring of servers, databases, tools, and services, through a SaaS-based data analytics platform.

Datadog currently has 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $192,000–$240,000 across 71 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management

The Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management joins the security team to manage the vulnerability lifecycle across multi-cloud products and services. This role involves turning ambiguous security problems into clear solutions by developing technical controls that reduce vulnerabilities earlier in the software development life cycle. You will build tools, services, and workflows using AI and automation to prioritize risk and reduce engineering toil through a PR-based approach. Key responsibilities include identifying root causes for remediation failures and providing subject matter expertise for compliance frameworks like SOC2, HIPAA, and PCI. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java, alongside experience with cloud-native environments, containers, infrastructure as code, and modern software-delivery workflows to solve complex security problems.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $193000 from 107 postings across 42 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Manage the full vulnerability lifecycle from detection and impact assessment to remediation and verification.
  • Build tools, services, and workflows using AI and automation to scale security processes.
  • Implement a "PRs, not tickets" approach to automate finding enrichment and fix delivery.
  • Analyze recurring vulnerabilities to identify root causes and prevent issues earlier in the SDLC.
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to balance technical constraints with business risk.
  • Provide subject matter expertise for vulnerability management controls across multiple compliance frameworks.
  • Reproduce and validate externally reported vulnerabilities in cloud-native and multi-cloud environments.

What we're looking for

  • You have experience identifying, prioritizing, and driving remediation of vulnerabilities in large software, cloud, or infrastructure environments.
  • You can independently solve complex technical problems using one or more programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
  • You have experience with cloud-native or multi-cloud environments, containers, orchestration platforms, infrastructure as code, and modern software-delivery workflows.
  • You have experience reproducing and validating externally reported vulnerabilities.
  • You use data, exploitability, exposure, technical context, and business impact to make and explain risk decisions.
  • You use AI-assisted tools thoughtfully, validate their output, and can explain the reasoning behind your decisions.
  • You have a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related scientific field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • You must be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government to conform to export control regulations.

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