Job Description

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Location: Cambridge, UK (hybrid) with travel to the office twice per week.
We are looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join our Cyber team. You will help us build out a world class incident response function that will navigate challenging security incidents, drive process improvement, develop an open culture where we grow from our mistakes as an organization. In this role, you will also build the tools and detection infrastructure that we need to scale our detection and response capability across all threats to our Studio and gaming environments.
Please note that this position will require participation in an on-call rotation.
What you'll be doing:

• Respond to security events, triage, perform investigations, incident analysis, and communicate clearly and efficiently to stakeholders

• Contribute to improving processes, procedures, and technologies used for detection and response, enabling us to improve after each incident

• Develop and run tools to gather security telemetry data from cloud production systems

• Automate workflows and improve identification and response time for security events

• Build and optimize detection rules, allowing us to spend our cycles on the alerts that matter

• Develop runbooks and incident playbooks for new and existing detections

• Lead Threat hunting practices, suggest product and infrastructure signals to surface attacks and incorporate findings into security controls

• Create and optimize detections, playbooks, and workflows to quickly identify and respond to potential incidents

• Work cross functionally with other engineering teams

What we're looking for:

• 8+ years of full-time experience as a security engineer, including security monitoring, incident response, and threat hunting in a cloud environment

• A defensive practitioner who understands offensive security and, the actual scenarios that lead to compromise

• Prior experience leading complex investigations with a large number of stakeholders

• Strong communication skills and a proven track record of communicating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Expertise on AWS security controls and services.

• Experience leveraging coding for automation, alert enrichment and detections

• Knowledge of adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and MITRE ATT&CK principles

• Hands-on experience with data analysis, modeling, and correlation at scale

• Operating systems internals and forensics experience for macOS, Windows & Linux

• Domain experience managing and working with current SIEM and SOAR platforms

• Experience developing tools and automation using common DevOps toolsets and programming languages

• Understanding of malware functionality and persistence mechanisms

• Ability to analyze endpoint, network, and application logs for anomalous events

• A solid understanding of cloud environments and operations

• Experience working with engineering teams in a SaaS environment

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills

• An ability to lead projects with little guidance

• Experience handling security incidents and investigating anomalies as part of a team

What we offer:
When you join Jagex you can look forward to a generous Perks & Benefits package including:

• Private Healthcare, including Dental Plan.
• Minimum 6% Pension contributions.
• Employee Assistance Programme & onsite Counselling.
• Life Insurance.
• Discretionary annual performance bonus.
• Enhanced family leave policies from day 1.
• Flexible working hours.
• 25 days annual leave + Bank holidays & the option to buy/sell holidays + so much more!

About Jagex:
Jagex is a leader in developing and publishing deep, engaging online games that connect millions of players worldwide. Best known for the RuneScape franchise, which includes two of the world's longest running and most successful MMORPGs, in Old School Runescape and Runescape, and the open-world survival crafting game, Runescape: Dragonwilds; we have proven success in delivering immersive Forever Games and fostering strong player communities.
We strive to foster an inclusive workplace built on trust, autonomy, and a shared passion for creating forever games.
Our values guide everything we do: We Embrace Fellowship by collaborating and sharing openly. We Hone our Craft by always learning and improving; we Honour our Vows by being honest and transparent; we are our Customers' Heroes by striving to understand our team & player needs, and we Seize The Day by making the most of every opportunity.
With over two decades of experience, and over 400 people in our team, we continue to innovate in live game development, leveraging data-driven insights, and a commitment to player-first game design. We have a diverse and talented team where creativity, collaboration, and community-driven game development drives everything we do.
As part of Jagex, you'll have the opportunity to work on a globally successful franchise, contribute to exciting new projects, and be part of a company that hugely values both our employees and our players.