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# Platform Security Engineer

- **Company:** Datadog
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing Security, Code Review, Data Validation, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux Kernel, Open Web Application Security, Public Key Infrastructure, Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Software Engineering, Datadog, Google Cloud, Computer Network Technologies, Istio, Software Security, Mitre Att&ck, Kubernetes, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/datadog/senior-platform-security-engineer

## About the Role

* You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent professional experience.
 * You don't want to just provide security recommendations, you want to help implement solutions to solve systemic issues.
 * Passionate about advocating for and implementing solutions to complex security problems, at-scale, in a large multi-cloud self-managed Kubernetes environment.
 * Proven experience in securing enterprise SaaS applications including securing the underlying authentication flows, authorization patterns, and input validation at API boundaries.
 * You have hands-on experience with Linux kernel internals (namespaces, cgroups, capabilities, seccomp) and hardening techniques such as KASLR, module allowlisting, or kernel self-protection (KSPP) controls.
 * Experience with virtualization or microVM technologies (KVM, QEMU, Kata Containers, Firecracker, or similar) and the security boundaries a hypervisor provides versus a container.
 * Familiarity with container runtime internals (containerd, OCI runtimes, checkpoint/restore).
 * Demonstrated experience in securing the deployment & management mechanisms for software and infrastructure changes.
 * Familiarity with common security frameworks such as OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, PASTA/STRIDE, CIS, etc.
 * You have prior experience in Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, Cloud Security or Application Security.
 * Software engineering background with hands-on code review experience; Go, Python, or Rust
 * Experience with one or more Kubernetes PKI & network technologies (Consul, Envoy, Cilium, Vault, Istio, etc.) and eBPF-based tooling.
 * Experience with one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes.
 * Able to work both independently and collaboratively, willing to work in a fast paced, high growth environment.
 * You stay updated with modern security best practices, technologies and emerging threats.

## Description

* Solve our most challenging cloud infrastructure security & application security problems starting with our core building blocks and golden paths.
 * Enable our engineers to build and ship secure solutions quickly.
 * Build and extend Datadog's Platform Security solutions.
 * Leverage and influence the direction of Datadog's products to secure our infrastructure, and provide internal feedback that enables our teams to improve the products for ourselves and our customers., * New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
 * Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
 * Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
 * An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
 * Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
 * Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
 * Competitive global benefits