Senior Cyber Defense Operations Analyst

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 153,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits coverage

Mental well-being program

Job summary

Epic Games seeks a Senior CDO Analyst to lead investigations and incident response in a high-velocity SOC environment. You will reinvent operations by turning repetitive analyses into automated, AI-assisted workflows, focusing on threats that matter most.

You will guide triage across cloud, production, and identity environments, and partner with legal, privacy, and engineering teams to reduce risk while keeping incident documentation and quality at the highest level.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, or threat detection.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM and EDR platforms and writing detections.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and threat frameworks; ability to reconstruct activity from logs.

Responsibilities

• Lead triage, investigation, and response for security alerts across cloud, corporate, endpoint, identity, and production environments.
• Act as escalation point and incident lead, coordinating with partners through containment and post-incident reviews.
• Develop and tune detection logic to maximize signal-to-noise and reduce alert fatigue.
• Automate recurring analyst tasks with AI-assisted workflows and validated checks.
• Translate threat intel into rapid exposure assessments and actionable responses.
• Create and maintain playbooks, runbooks, and operational metrics to speed up SOC operations.
• Coach analysts and ensure partners meet rigorous SLAs and depth of analysis.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

Threat detection

SIEM experience

Python scripting

Cloud experience

Tools

Splunk

Google SecOps

CrowdStrike NGSIEM

SOAR

Job description

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

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

British Columbia Base Pay Range$152,967-$224,352 CAD

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.

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