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Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/22/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2025

Your Mission

Activision, the publisher of the hit Call of Duty franchise, is looking for a passionate Sr. Cloud Security Engineer to join our Cloud Security function, supporting Activision, Blizzard, King, and Microsoft Gaming partners. We are looking for this role to be based out of our King office in Barcelona, Spain.

Are you highly interested in Cyber security and raising the security bar? Do you enjoy working across the company on unique solutions for a variety of areas related to Gaming? Does working with Security Analysts, Developers, and Program Management across a variety of areas excite you?If so, the Gaming Security team would like to talk to you.

Our team supports the services, platform, and studios that make up the Gaming business. In addition, we work with other Security teams within the company to ensure that we have the right tools and services to protect these key businesses.

We are looking for a Gaming to help us engineer and deliver solutions that help secure our business by partnering and engaging with engineering teams to improve our security posture.

The successful candidate will have passion for security, committed collaboration skills, technical depth, coupled with the ability to bring others together in developing common solutions. Effective communication skills and the ability to thrive in an ambiguous and dynamic environment are necessary. Candidate should represent the growth mindset and display Activision Blizzards cultural values in day-to-day activities.

Our Cloud Security team represents Activision Blizzard, along with Microsofts mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities :

  • Build and automate cloud security guardrails and validation processes to ensure resilient, scalable, and secure cloud architectures for Gaming businesses.
  • Deliver and support high-quality distributed services and infrastructures to enhance security for our Gaming businesses.
  • Partner with Activision, Blizzard, King, Microsoft Gaming, and Microsoft Security, and other stakeholders to ensure ongoing alignment, manage dependencies, and achieve shared objectives.
  • Support and enhance our Cloud Security program through automation, tooling, systems, and controls in partnership with Gaming Security and other partners.
  • Maintain in-depth knowledge of industry best practices, technologies, architectures, and emerging trends, applying this knowledge to our products and services.
  • Perform hands-on configuration activities in areas such as Identity & Access Management, Threat Detection, and Incident Response.
  • Implement process improvements and identify gaps in workflows, designing solutions to enhance efficiency through automation and scalability.
  • Provide technical Cloud Security Architecture guidance to studios and business teams.

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements :

  • 5 years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident response.
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
  • 3 years of experience with AWS, GCP or Azure.
  • Experience deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in public cloud environments.
  • Experience with one or more languages (PowerShell, Python, Bash, SQL, YAML, JSON).
  • Experience in creating and maintaining technical documentation.
  • Experience working alongside technical project management, following project management methodologies.
  • Extra Points :

  • CISSP CISA CISM SANS GCIA GCIH OSCP Security Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
  • OR 7 years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.
  • 10 years of hands-on experience in Software Engineering.
  • 3 years of experience with GCP.
  • Experience with AWS, and Azure.
  • Experience with Cloud Native Security Tools or CNAPP platforms.
  • Experience with deploying cloud security guardrails and controls.
  • Experience with Agile workflows.
  • Understanding of the Software development ecosystem; from inception to delivery.
  • Certification as a Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, along with one or more of the following : Microsoft Azure Security Engineer or AWS Certified Security Specialty.
  • Proven track record of improving reliability, availability, and performance of cloud services.
  • Experience developing and maintaining large scale distributed systems.
  • Experience coaching and mentoring others.
  • 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 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 - weve 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.

    Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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