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# Senior Datadog Security & Observability Engineer

- **Company:** Keeper Security
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, Parsing, Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Security Information and Event Management, Datadog, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Data Ingestion, Mitre Att&ck, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, SentinelOne Expertise
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-datadog-security-and-observability-engineer-usa-58816293

## About the Role

security * Leverage AI-assisted tools to support query development, detection engineering, investigations, automation and documentation Tasks * 4+ years of Datadog experience in detection engineering, SIEM engineering, security engineering, and security observability * 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 applications * Experience with log parsing, normalization, enrichment and pipeline management * Strong knowledge of AWS and cloud-native infrastructure * Proficiency with scripting or aaaaaaa
and using Python, PowerShell or similar languages * Experience using Datadog APIs, Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools * Solid understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework * Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across logs, metrics, traces, infrastructure and application telemetry * Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across Security Operations, Engineering, Infrastructure and SRE * Willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively Key requirements * Medical, Dental & Vision * Employer Paid Life Insurance * Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance * 401K (Roth/Traditional) * Generous PTO * Above market annual bonuses

## Description

Experteer Overview As a Senior DataDog Engineer, you'll scale and harden Keeper's Datadog-based security observability. You'll partner with Security, Infrastructure, SRE and Engineering to ensure logs, metrics and signals drive real-world threat detection. You'll design detection rules and telemetry pipelines to improve alert quality and incident response. This role offers impact across production and corporate environments and a chance to shape security observability at scale in a fast-growing cybersecurity company. Compensation / Benefits * Own and improve Datadog Cloud SIEM, security monitoring, and observability 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 threat scenarios * Improve alert quality by reducing false positives and noise * Design and maintain Datadog log pipelines, processors, parsing rules, facets, indexes, archives and retention strategies * Implement and mature detection-as-code practices for scalable rule management * Define and enforce logging, telemetry, and instrumentation standards across cloud, 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 environments * Correlate signals across multiple platforms to enhance detection depth and investigation quality * Partner with Security Operations to improve triage workflows and incident response readiness * Build Datadog dashboards, monitors, analytics and reporting for decision-making * Map coverage against MITRE ATT&CK and identify telemetry gaps * Conduct detection gap assessments and evolve use cases with threat intelligence * Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, product and compliance teams to strengthen secure logging and observability * Leverage AI-assisted tools to support query development, detection engineering, investigations, automation and documentation Tasks * 4+ years of Datadog experience in detection engineering, SIEM engineering, security engineering, and security observability * 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 applications * 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 * Solid understanding of MITRE ATT&CK framework * Ability to troubleshoot complex issues across logs, metrics, traces, infrastructure and application telemetry * Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across Security Operations, Engineering, Infrastructure and SRE * Willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively Key requirements * Medical, Dental & Vision * Employer Paid Life Insurance * Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance * 401K (Roth/Traditional) * Generous PTO * Above market annual bonuses


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