Remote Lead Vulnerability Research Engineer

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE); United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Wellness program

Product discounts

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) seeks a senior security professional to lead vulnerability and exposure management initiatives across diverse environments. You will blend hands-on research with cross-team leadership to translate program goals into measurable security work and drive remediation decisions.

The role emphasizes threat-informed prioritization, platform improvements, and clear communication of risks to technical teams and executives, with remote work options and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of information security, IT, or vulnerability management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information security, or related discipline.
• Experience leading complex technical work across teams with measurable outcomes.
• Hands-on background in vulnerability research, analysis, validation, risk prioritization, and remediation guidance.
• Experience with vulnerability discovery across multiple domains and security platforms.
• Knowledge of exploitation techniques and threat intelligence; scripting, programming, or automation for security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead cross-team workstreams, setting milestones, dependencies, success measures, and repeatable operating practices.
• Research and analyze vulnerabilities, verify security conditions, filter false positives, assess exploitability and business impact, and recommend mitigations.
• Improve vulnerability discovery and assessment across network, cloud, endpoint, application, container, and other technology environments.
• Prioritize exposure using threat intelligence, exploitation evidence, asset and business context, control effectiveness, and remediation factors.
• Validate security findings, develop proofs of concept when appropriate, and work with security teams and technology owners to remove remediation barriers and track outcomes.
• Improve platforms, integrations, data quality, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled workflows; communicate risks and progress to technical teams and leaders.

Skills

Vulnerability research

Cross-team leadership

Risk prioritization

Security automation

Scripting/APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Security

Tools

APIs

Automation tooling

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) seeks a senior security professional to lead vulnerability and exposure management initiatives across diverse environments. You will blend hands-on research with cross-team leadership to translate program goals into measurable security work and drive remediation decisions.

The role emphasizes threat-informed prioritization, platform improvements, and clear communication of risks to technical teams and executives, with remote work options and travel as needed.