Skip to content

Senior Cloud Security Engineer - K8s

Senior Cloud Security Engineer specializes in securing Kubernetes and service mesh infrastructure in multi-cloud environments. Implements solutions to systemic risks, enables secure development, and influences product direction with hands-on coding in Go/Python/Rust.

187k – 240kNew York, NYSecurity EngineeringHybrid

About the role

What You’ll Do:

  • Solve our most challenging cloud infrastructure security problems starting with our core building blocks and golden paths.
  • Enable our engineers to build and ship secure solutions quickly.
  • Build and extend Datadog’s Platform Security solutions.
  • Leverage and influence the direction of Datadog’s products to secure our infrastructure, and provide internal feedback that enables our teams to improve the products for ourselves and our customers.

Who You Are:

  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
  • Passionate about advocating for and implementing solutions to complex problems at-scale in multi-cloud environments.
  • Prior experience in Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, or Cloud Security.
  • Experience developing, deploying, and extending service mesh systems in production Kubernetes environments.
  • Software engineering background with hands-on code review experience; Go, Python, or Rust.
  • Experience with one or more Kubernetes PKI & network technologies (Consul, Envoy, Cilium, Vault, Istio, etc.).
  • Experience with one of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes.
  • Able to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Stay updated with modern security best practices, technologies, and emerging threats.

Compensation: $187,000—$240,000 USD (estimated yearly salary), plus equity, benefits, and variable compensation.

Skills

KubernetesService MeshIstioEnvoyConsulCiliumVaultGoPythonRustAWSAzureGCP

Senior Application Security Engineer

Builds scalable platform-level security controls and enforcement layers for distributed systems at Datadog. Requires strong software engineering background in Go/Python, experience with security systems like auth/authz, and designing secure infrastructure used by engineering teams.

187k – 240kNew York, NYSecurity EngineeringHybridGoMtls

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer on the Core Cryptography team building and operating Tier-0 cryptographic infrastructure including MPC systems that secure 99% of customer assets. Requires 5+ years building highly available distributed systems and experience with applied cryptography, KMS/HSMs, and systems languages (Golang-heavy).

186k – 219kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemote5+ YOEGoC++

Senior Security Engineer, Platform Security

As a Senior Platform Security Engineer, you will secure Block's cloud, compute, and network infrastructure, architecting and evolving cloud security guardrails, building automation for security issues, and owning the cloud security exception lifecycle.

185k – 327kSan Francisco, CASecurity EngineeringHybrid5+ YOEAWSGCP

Manager, Security Operations

Lead Figma's security operations program, owning monitoring, incident response, SIEM/SOAR automation, and threat intelligence. Requires 7+ years in security operations or incident response with deep SIEM/SOAR expertise.

185k – 296kSan Francisco, CA +1Security EngineeringRemote7+ YOEIAMDlp

Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Security

Develops security features for Teleport's open core platform, focusing on application security, vulnerability fixes, and integrations like Device Trust and KMS storage. Requires Go or Rust, Linux systems engineering experience; cryptography a plus.

189k – 342kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemoteGoS3