Datadog · 4 days ago
Engineering Manager I - Cyber Threat Intelligence
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$187K/yr - $240K/yrDatadog is a global SaaS business focused on enabling digital transformation and infrastructure monitoring. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Cyber Threat Intelligence team, responsible for tracking threat actors, malware, and vulnerabilities while contributing to the Datadog Security Labs brand through research and collaboration.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingCloud Data ServicesCloud InfrastructureData ManagementDevOpsProductivity ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Develop and lead a team of security researchers who are responsible for ideating, planning and executing the cyber threat intelligence roadmap at Datadog which includes: threat hunting, threat intelligence, thought leadership and actor/malware tracking
Build a unified threat research and intelligence effort to track threat actors targeting Datadog & their customers
Work with leadership to set quarterly OKRs that address priority intelligence and research requirements
Build and support a RFI program for intelligence stakeholders
Build, and optimize the collection, processing and dissemination of strategic, tactical, and operational threat intelligence for intelligence stakeholders
Track, research and experiment with the latest tactics, techniques & procedures for attacking and defending integrated production environments with Datadog
Develop and maintain tools for automating the collection and analysis of intelligence
Create and collaborate with Engineering & Product Management on proof of concept products, services, tools and simulations to demonstrate new capabilities and protections in Datadog environments
Evangelize your team’s mission and regularly communicate with teams outside of your organizational structure
Work closely with our Community team to develop thought-leadership threat research content for blogs, webinars, and conferences
Build partnerships with external organizations dedicated to advancing cybersecurity for the world
Qualification
Required
A proven leader with experience leading threat research, cyber threat intelligence, security engineering or security research teams
A technical practitioner who has hands-on experience building, investigating and reporting on threat activity in highly complex environments
Experience with collecting and anticipating intelligence requirements from your stakeholders and building out an operational model to support the production of intelligence products for them
Connected to threat intelligence sharing groups and can help navigate the complexities of intelligence sharing
Experience leading threat hunts to identify novel threat activity and turn that into new detections, new intelligence, and threat research publications
Comfortable with helping build proof-of-concept services, which include writing and testing code (e.g. Go, Python, Ruby), deploying code to cloud environments and monitoring of these services
Experience publishing blogs on threat intelligence topics, threat research, and speaking at security conferences on your findings
Motivating, kind and humble people leader who focuses on growth and happiness for your team
Ability to grow talent by providing a proper mentorship and performance management environment while prioritizing empathy
Value correctness and efficiency; leave no stone unturned when reviewing documentation
Preferred
Experience leading a cyber threat intelligence group for a cloud native technology/security vendor
Experience setting up and managing a threat intelligence platform (TIP) to centralize intelligence collection, dissemination, and threat research activities
Experience responding to large scale emerging threats and vulnerabilities in a threat intelligence or incident response capacity
Experience working with Product Managers and Engineering teams on security products focused around threat detection and threat intelligence
Benefits
Healthcare
Dental
Parental planning
Mental health benefits
A 401(k) plan and match
Paid time off
Fitness reimbursements
A discounted employee stock purchase plan
Company
Datadog
Datadog is an observability and security platform that offers infrastructure, applications, software development, and monitoring services.
Founded in 2010
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.02BKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthIndex VenturesOpenView
2024-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $870M
2020-05-28Post Ipo Debt
2019-09-19IPO
Leadership Team
Olivier Pomel
Co-founder, CEO
Alexis Le-Quoc
Co-founder & CTO
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