# Security Engineer 2 - Cyber Threat Intelligence

**Company:** [Datadog](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/datadog)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $140k – $195k/yr
**Skills:** Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Malware Analysis, Linux Malware Analysis, Macos Malware Analysis, Scripting, Software Development, Ttp Analysis, Threat Reporting, Information Sharing Communities
**Posted:** 2026-06-04

> Security Engineer on the Cyber Threat Intelligence team responsible for developing threat intel tooling, conducting threat hunting, analyzing malware, and operationalizing intelligence into detections and response workflows.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Develop and maintain tooling that automates the collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of threat intelligence.
- Assess emerging vulnerabilities, threat activity, and security events to help stakeholders understand potential impact to Datadog.
- Conduct threat hunting and infrastructure analysis to identify adversary activity relevant to Datadog and improve defensive controls.
- Partner with security teams to operationalize intelligence into detections, investigations, and response workflows.
- Coordinate with information-sharing communities to gather, evaluate, and disseminate actionable intelligence.
- Produce technical briefings, threat reports, and intelligence products for security and engineering stakeholders.

## Who You Are

- Experienced in writing and presenting operational and technical intelligence for threat detection, response, and security stakeholders.
- Skilled in partnering with detection and response teams to support investigations, improve response playbooks, and prioritize detection opportunities based on adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
- Familiar with information-sharing communities and able to apply sound judgment when handling and operationalizing TLP-designated intelligence.
- Experienced in identifying and responding to large-scale emerging threats, including supply chain compromises, industry-wide campaigns, and exploitation of newly disclosed vulnerabilities.
- Experienced in dynamic/static analysis of Linux and MacOS malware and in tracking cloud-native cybercrime and nation-state threat actors.
- Proficient in developing threat intelligence tooling and automation through software development and scripting.

## Nice to Have

- Experience presenting at security conferences and publishing threat research.
- Experience with malware reverse engineering.

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