Senior Detection & Response Engineer — Threat Analytics

Activision Publishing Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Activision Publishing Inc. is seeking an Expert Detection and Response Engineer to identify, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats across cloud, corporate, and production environments.

This hands-on role focuses on attacker behavior, rapid analysis, and effective containment within the Global Security Operations team. The role requires strong experience in threat detection, security operations, incident response, and scripting, with the ability to work independently and in on-call

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of security experience with incident response.

Responsibilities

• Detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents across cloud, corporate, and production environments.
• Monitor and analyze telemetry and logs to identify anomalies and threats.
• Perform alert triage, in-depth investigation, and forensic analysis across the incident lifecycle.
• Develop and tune detections within SIEM and EDR.
• Automate investigations and response workflows using scripting.

Skills

Threat detection

Security operations

Incident response

Scripting

Python

PowerShell

KQL

Forensic analysis

Communication

On-call rotation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Information Security

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Activision Publishing Inc. is seeking an Expert Detection and Response Engineer to identify, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats across cloud, corporate, and production environments.

This hands-on role focuses on attacker behavior, rapid analysis, and effective containment within the Global Security Operations team. The role requires strong experience in threat detection, security operations, incident response, and scripting, with the ability to work independently and in on-call