datadog

Field CISO

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At a Glance

Location
United States
Experience
15+ years
Posted
2026-02-20T13:54:52-05:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Education
  • Engineering

Requirements

Strong experience of at least 15+ years with Enterprise Security architecture at scale and ability to map modern security-centric architectures to real-world use cases, coupled with deep knowledge of the security and observability space, cloud and application security, as well as technological shifts in the information security space.

Able to think long-term and creatively about a wide variety of security and business challenges.

Experienced in interacting and influencing key security stakeholders (VP+ and CISO/CIO/CTO level) in large Enterprise organizations.

Excellent customer-facing presentation skills for large audiences, comfortable discussing complex security details as well as with briefing executives or non-technical personas on security topics.

Datadog values people from all walks of life.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Datadog's platform as well as thought leadership in modern Security and Observability, emphasizing our advanced security solutions, industry best practices, and dedication to providing organizations with superior security posture and management of their at scale environments.

Be a trusted advisor to Sales leaders as well as customer and prospect CISOs and security executives on security ROI, value realization, and vulnerability analysis.

Assist with security opportunity and adoption strategy for individual customers within their vertical of expertise.

Identifies industry-specific security threats and trends and their impact during Customer engagements, feeding the top-of-funnel for Product, GTM, BVA, and Architecture teams.

Co-create industry security solutions via collaboration with Product SAs and Product Management.

Strategically guide CISO/CIO/CTO/CEO-level customer and prospect executives in rationalizing their security adoption journey, investment, and operationalizing of security and observability.