Senior Partner Solutions Architect (Security - Namer)

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The Technical Solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful.

As a Senior Partner Solutions Architect (Security), you'll focus on helping partners design, package, and deliver modern security solutions using Datadog's Observability and Security platform. You'll collaborate closely with Datadog's Channels & Alliances team to help partners achieve secure, observable, and compliant cloud operations for Datadog customers. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

What You'll Do:

• Ensure the successful onboarding, training, and certification of partner technical resources, including security enablement across Datadog's products.
• Participate in periodic joint business planning and review sessions to ensure direct alignment between Datadog and Partner technical teams;
• Collaborate internally to support Partner technical initiatives such as end-customer demonstrations and proofs of value; partner team enablement workshops; assessment, advice, and coaching on best practices.
• Advocate on behalf of Partners' technical concerns-especially around security integrations, data governance, and compliance requirements-helping to drive resolution with internal Datadog teams.
• Analyze and understand Partner service offerings on a regular basis and provide recommendations to enhance the value of those services through greater or improved adoption of Datadog features and capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to help shape new product features, integrations, and best practices.
• Continuously help curate and evolve lead/best practices for Datadog platform adoption and success.

Who You Are:

• Possess strong technical grounding across Cloud and Security domains, ideally with experience implementing or supporting cloud security, SIEM, and observability solutions.
• 10-15 years in partner-facing, customer-facing, or consulting technical roles, with a background in cloud security.
• Self-starter with strong business acumen and the ability to articulate Datadog's Security and Observability value story from technical deep dives to CISO-level conversations.
• Confident presentation skills
• Desired hands-on experience in two or more of the following:
• Observability & Security: Datadog, Splunk, Chronicle, New Relic, AppDynamics
• Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP (with IAM, VPC, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Defender for Cloud)
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift (with security add-ons such as KSPM, admission controls)
• Dev/Scripting: Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Go
• Config Mgmt: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef
• CI / CD: Jenkins, GitLab

Bonus Points:

• Prior experience working in a technical role supporting channel partners (Systems Integrators, Managed Service Providers, e.g.)
• Prior experience working with security-focused partners
• Security certifications (e.g. CISSP, GIAC, CCSP, CKS, AWS Security Specialty)

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you're passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• 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

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.