Video Game Development, Game Engine Development, Digital Distribution

Senior Cyber Defense Operations Analyst

Montreal, QCOnsiteFull TimeSeniorPosted 4 days ago

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Required skills

security operations
incident response
threat detection
SIEM
EDR
Splunk
Google SecOps
CrowdStrike
MITRE ATT&CK
cloud environments

Nice to have

secure architecture
compliance
AI
emerging technology

Role summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Cyber Defense Operations Analyst to join their Security Operations Center. This role involves leading investigations and incident response, automating workflows with AI, and managing the detection lifecycle. Responsibilities include triaging alerts across various environments, acting as an escalation point, developing detection logic, and turning threat intelligence into actionable responses. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection, with deep hands-on experience in SIEM and EDR platforms, cloud environments, and scripting. A drive for automation and a calm, decisive demeanor under pressure are essential.

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

INFOSEC

What We Do

Keep Epic’s networks, hardware, and people safe from security risks. Install security measures and operate software to protect systems and information infrastructure, including firewalls and encryption programs. Document issues as they arise and assess & report any impact caused.

What You'll Do

Epic's Security Operations Center protects one of the world's largest player communities, along with the people, infrastructure, and technology that support it. As a Senior CDO Analyst, you will lead investigations and incident response while helping reinvent how the SOC operates, turning repeatable analysis into automated, Al-assisted workflows so the team can focus on the threats that matter most.

In this role, you will

Lead the triage, investigation, and response for security alerts and incidents across cloud, corporate, endpoint, identity, and production environments

Act as an escalation point and incident lead, coordinating with programming, legal, privacy, and business partners through containment, remediation, and post-incident review

Drive the detection lifecycle management, developing, tuning, and retiring detection logic to maximize signal-to-noise ratio, minimize alert fatigue, and close emerging threat gaps

Identify recurring analyst work and partner with security programming to automate it, including Al-agent workflows with clear validation and human review where it counts

Turn threat intelligence and emerging vulnerabilities into rapid exposure assessments and actionable response across the company

Develop and maintain playbooks, runbooks, and operational metrics that make the SOC faster, more consistent, and easier to scale

Set and elevate standards for investigation quality and case documentation, actively coaching analysts and holding managed-service partners accountable to rigorous SLAs and analytical depth

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection, including leading investigations end-to-end

Deep hands-on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms (e.g., Splunk, Google SecOps, CrowdStrike NGSIEM, etc.) and writing effective queries and detections

Strong understanding of attacker tradecraft and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, with the ability to reconstruct activity from logs and telemetry

Experience investigating in cloud environments (AWS and/or GCP), SaaS, and identity platforms

Scripting or programming skills (Python or similar) and a drive to automate repetitive work; SOAR experience is a plus

Curiosity about Al and emerging technology, and interest in applying them to security operations responsibly

Calm, decisive judgment under pressure, with the ability to prioritize competing incidents and communicate clearly to technical and executive audiences

Strong written communication, with a high standard for incident documentation and reporting

A self-directed, ownership-driven approach and a willingness to challenge how things have always been done

This role is open to multiple locations in North America (excluding CA, NY, & WA).

ABOUT US

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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