Senior Detection & Response Engineer

Job Title:

Senior Detection & Response Engineer

Requisition ID:

R027050

Job Description:

Location: United States
Team: Threat Detection & Incident Response (TDIR)

Role Overview

Activision is seeking a Senior Detection and Response Engineer to help protect our players, studios, platforms, and enterprise environments from advanced cyber threats. As part of our Global Security Operations organization, this role is responsible for actively identifying, investigating, and responding to security threats. This role is highly hands-on and focuses on real-world attacker behavior, rapid analysis, and effective containment.

Responsibilities

• Detect, investigate, and respond to security incidents across cloud, corporate, and production environments as a hands‑on member of the TDIR team.

• Monitor and analyze security telemetry and audit logs to identify anomalous activity, unauthorized access, and emerging threats, including targeted attacks and advanced adversaries.

• Perform alert triage, in‑depth investigation, and forensic analysis across the full incident lifecycle, from identification through containment, remediation, and post‑incident review.

• Execute endpoint, identity, cloud, and malware investigations, including timeline reconstruction, indicator extraction, and root cause analysis.

• Develop, refine, and tune threat detections within the SIEM based on real‑world attacker behavior and investigation findings.

• Enhance investigation and response efficiency through automation, SOAR workflows, scripting, and advanced analytics.

• Contribute to TDIR procedures, playbooks, runbooks, documentation, and operational metrics.

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and vendors during active investigations and response efforts.

• Participate in an on‑call rotation and provide off‑hours support for critical incidents and material security events.

• Communicate investigation findings clearly and effectively to technical teams and leadership.

• Some travel might be required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of progressively accountable experience.

• Hands‑on experience in threat detection, security operations, and incident response, with active involvement across the full incident lifecycle.

• Strong understanding of the modern threat landscape, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.

• Proven ability to detect, triage, investigate, and respond to security incidents in enterprise environments.

• Experience performing detailed log analysis, correlation, and investigative triage.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate incident findings and response actions.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within the TDIR team and with technical and business stakeholders.

• Willingness to participate in an on‑call rotation and provide off‑hours support for critical security incidents.

• Fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant IT and security experience.

• Experience working with security monitoring platforms such as SIEM, EDR, or similar technologies.

• Strong host‑ and network‑based forensic skills, including timeline reconstruction and root cause analysis.

• Hands‑on malware analysis experience using static and dynamic techniques.

• Scripting or programming experience (e.g., Python, PowerShell, KQL) to support detection, investigation, or response workflows.

• Experience implementing or operating SOAR platforms and security automation.

• Experience using AI/ML‑driven analytics for alert enrichment, anomaly detection, or automated investigations.

• Understanding foundational security best practices, including system and network hardening.

• Ability to assess incidents quickly, recommend effective response actions, and mitigate operational and reputational risk.

• Experience interfacing effectively with leadership, engineering teams, and external vendors.

• Demonstrated engagement with the cybersecurity community or strong evidence of self‑driven learning and professional contribution.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $101,000.00 - $186,754.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.