Christopher Camacho
Engineering Manager I at Datadog
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Camacho is an engineering manager and former senior software engineer at Datadog, specializing in security research systems and threat detection across cloud-scale environments. In a compact two-year professional span he progressed from threat detection engineering to managing teams, bringing hands-on experience in backend platforms and security automation. His background includes rotations at Rapid7 working on incident detection, SOAR, and DevOps tooling (Java and Go), reflecting a practical blend of detection engineering and platform delivery. Christopher’s early work in IoT security, blockchain-integrated asset management, and STEM outreach signals a curiosity for applied security and education that informs his leadership style. Based in Irvine, CA, he focuses on turning security research into production-ready systems while mentoring engineers to bridge research insights with operational reliability.
2 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Tufts University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (14)
azure-security9
security9
aws9
kubernetes-security9
cloud-security8
mitre-attack8
zap8
aws-security8
emulation8
testing5
golang4
cli4
security-automation4
go-framework3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
DataDog/threatest
Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
Threatest is a CLI and Go framework for end-to-end testing threat detection rules.
Contributions:1 review in 3 months
golanggo-frameworksecurity-automationsecurity-toolsend-to-end
DataDog/stratus-red-team
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024
:cloud: :zap: Granular, Actionable Adversary Emulation for the Cloud
Contributions:4 reviews, 1 comment, 2 issues in 6 days
cloud-securityaws-securityawszapdetection-engineering
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