Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Datadog is seeking a motivated and experienced Security Sales Engineer to join its enterprise sales engineering team. The role supports security sales efforts by identifying customer needs, developing go-to-market strategies, demonstrating Datadog’s security solutions, providing technical expertise throughout the sales cycle, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Support the Enterprise Security Sales team in driving adoption of Datadog’s security offering within target strategic accounts
- Collaborate with the broader sales team to identify and understand security requirements across Datadog’s Enterprise customer base
- Conduct detailed product demonstrations and presentations, showcasing the capabilities and benefits of Datadog's security solutions
- Provide technical expertise and support throughout the sales cycle, including during customer evaluations and proof-of-value initiatives
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of Datadog's security products, industry trends and current vulnerabilities, staying updated with the latest features and enhancements
- Assist in the creation of technical proposals, documentation, and other sales materials
- Work closely with the product management and engineering teams to relay customer feedback and influence product development
- Participate in industry events, conferences, and webinars to promote Datadog's security solutions
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Deep experience with SIEM platforms and detection pipelines, SOC workflows (alert triage, investigation, response), endpoint security (EDR/MDR), and the deployment and tuning of security controls in live customer environments
- Expert knowledge of the developer and DevOps ecosystems and application security best practices
- Strong understanding of security principles and best practices
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and related security tools and technologies
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively
- Willingness to travel up to 30% to meet with customers and attend industry events
Benefits
- Hybrid workplace to support work-life harmony
- Best-in-breed onboarding
- Generous global benefits
- Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
- New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
- Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
- An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks
- Healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits
- A 401(k) plan and match
- Paid time off
- Fitness reimbursements
- A discounted employee stock purchase plan
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