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Salary: USD 118,000 - 157,000 / annual
Datadog is seeking a Security Sales Engineer to join the enterprise sales engineering team, driving adoption of Datadog's security solutions within strategic accounts. You will provide technical expertise throughout the sales cycle, working closely with enterprise sales teams, product management, and engineering to identify customer needs and deliver compelling security solutions.
Key responsibilities include supporting the Enterprise Security Sales team in target accounts, collaborating with sales to understand security requirements across the customer base, conducting detailed product demonstrations showcasing Datadog's security capabilities, and providing technical expertise during customer evaluations and proof-of-value initiatives. You will develop deep product knowledge of Datadog's security offerings, industry trends, and current vulnerabilities, staying current with latest features and enhancements.
Additionally, you will assist in creating technical proposals and sales materials, work with product and engineering teams to relay customer feedback and influence product development, and participate in industry events, conferences, and webinars to promote Datadog's security solutions.
Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, with deep experience in SIEM platforms, detection pipelines, SOC workflows (alert triage, investigation, response), endpoint security (EDR/MDR), and deployment/tuning of security controls in live customer environments. You need expert knowledge of developer and DevOps ecosystems, application security best practices, strong understanding of security principles, hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related security tools, excellent presentation and communication skills to articulate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences, strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities, and willingness to travel up to 30% for customer meetings and industry events.
