Position Details

Salary $101K – $186K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 5+ years

Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience

Category Cybersecurity

About this role

Senior Detection & Response Engineer to help protect gaming players, studios, platforms, and enterprise environments from advanced cyber threats. The role emphasizes hands-on threat detection, incident response, and automation across cloud and on-prem environments with on-call rotation.

Key Responsibilities

Detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents across cloud, corporate, and production environments
Monitor and analyze security telemetry and audit logs
Perform alert triage, in-depth investigation, and forensic analysis
Develop, refine, and tune threat detections within the SIEM
Collaborate with engineering teams, vendors, and leadership; participate in on-call rotation

Technical Overview

Hands-on security operations with SIEM/EDR/SOAR, log analysis, and forensic investigations. Cloud security across AWS, with scripting in Python/PowerShell and use of KQL for analytics; on-call readiness and communication with leadership.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior security engineer with hands-on threat detection, incident response, SIEM/EDR/SOAR experience, strong scripting in Python/PowerShell, and cloud security expertise, able to communicate findings to leadership and participate in on-call rotations.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's degree in computer scienceInformation Securityor equivalent practical experience5+ years of threat detectionsecurity operationsand incident responseHands-on experience in threat detectionsecurity operationsand incident responseDetailed log analysiscorrelationand investigative triageStrong communication skillsAbility to work independently and in a teamWillingness to participate in an on-call rotationFluency in English

Nice-to-Have Skills

8+ years of relevant IT and security experienceExperience with SIEMEDRor SOAR platformsScripting or programming (PythonPowerShellKQL)AI/ML driven analytics for alert enrichmentStrong host/network forensic skills

Tools & Platforms

SIEMEDRSOARPythonPowerShellKQLAmazon Web ServicesCloud platforms

Required Skills

Threat detectionincident responsesecurity operationsSIEMEDRSOARPythonPowerShellKQLAmazon Web ServicesCloud SecurityLog AnalysisForensicsMalware AnalysisMITRE ATT&CK

Hard Skills

Threat DetectionIncident ResponseSecurity OperationsSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM)Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)SOAR (Security OrchestrationAutomationand Response)PythonPowerShellKQLAmazon Web ServicesCloud SecurityLog AnalysisForensicsMalware Analysis

Soft Skills

strong written and verbal communicationteam collaborationability to work independentlyanalytical thinkingproblem-solving

Certifications

Preferred

Security+GISFCISSPCCSPGSEC

Industry & Role

Industry Gaming

Job Function Lead detection and response engineering to identify and mitigate security threats across enterprise environments

Role Subtype security operations

Tech Domains Security Information and Event Management, Endpoint Detection and Response, Security Orchestration, Automation and Response, Python, PowerShell, KQL, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Security, Forensics, Malware Analysis

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

Lack of 5+ years of security experience, No experience with SIEM/EDR/SOAR, No Bachelor's degree in relevant field, Unwilling to participate in on-call rotation

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