Director Security Engineering - CloudSec AppSec and AI Security
Director Security Engineering - CloudSec AppSec and AI Security
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Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Director of Security Engineering who will oversee and expand Cloud Security application security SDLC security and launch a new AI security function. You will be responsible for overseeing and growing teams across the entire codetocloud pipeline working closely with leaders in engineering product and compliance to drive security innovation and embed security best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
In this role you will be a key decision maker in a forwardthinking organization that integrates Security and SRE into a unified structure.
You will collaborate across Product Engineering Compliance and IT teams to integrate security into every stage of the product development lifecycle. Your leadership will be key in making security a foundational aspect of our products reinforcing our commitment to earning and maintaining customer trust.
At Datadog we place value in our office culture the relationships that it builds the creativity it brings to the table and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a worklife harmony that best fits them.
What Youll Do:
- Define develop and execute a forwardlooking cloud security strategy aligned with Datadogs engineering organization and emerging threats.
- Attract hire and develop top security leadership talent creating clear paths for growth and impact.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to design implement and operate secure systems that protect Datadogs cloud environment and ensure the safety of customer data.
- Grow an already developercentric security program embedding security into engineering artifacts processes and tooling for seamless integration.
- Drive complex crossfunctional security initiatives to systematically eliminate common risks and vulnerabilities ensuring security is engineeredin at every stage.
- Establish and drive achievable security objectives aligning security efforts with broader company goals and growth. Develop and own roadmaps track metrics and KPIs to measure the teams effectiveness.
- Build out new functions within the organization focusing on AI Security and manage embeds throughout the organization.
- Collaborate with Program Managers and Product Managers to lead dogfooding initiatives advocating for Datadog to be customer 0 and stateoftheart in leveraging innovative solutions driven from a SRE and Security perspective.
- Represent security initiatives in executive discussions and crossfunctional planning sessions ensuring this organization is a business enabler.
Who You Are:
- Youve been responsible for building and/or rolling out cloud security product security and application security teams and solutions
- You have a proven track record of building and scaling security organizations as a Director or higher in highgrowth where you fostered a strong security culture and led teams through rapid change.
- Youve been able to advocate strong security practices by achieving consensus gaining accountability where ownership is unclear.
- You have a demonstrated ability to communicate complex security concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills that inspire collaboration and drive alignment across teams.
- Youve developed senior engineering leaders and teams who provided critical services for the engineering department.
- Youve developed and hired talent in a group growing senior leaders (both managers and ICs)
Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If youre passionate about technology and want to grow your skills we encourage you to apply.
Benefits and Growth:
- 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 inhouse 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
Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.
To conform to US export control regulations candidates should be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government. This job is available in various departments within our company; to conform to US export control regulations some of these roles may require candidates to be eligible for any required authorizations from the US government.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
