Warner Bros. Discovery

Principal, Security Engineering & Vulnerability Management for WB Games

Warner Bros. Discovery
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2 months ago
Burbank, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$177k - $329k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Align WB Games security initiatives with WBD cybersecurity strategy and business priorities.
  • Lead adoption of global security policies, standards, and core security services across WB Games.
  • Drive vulnerability and threat remediation across internet-facing and internal assets and reduce time-to-remediate.
  • Support cybersecurity incident investigation and mitigation and manage security exceptions and risk acceptance.
  • Provide key risk indicators, analytics, metrics, and executive-level reporting to leadership.
  • Embed secure development controls and threat modeling into GitHub and Perforce workflows and lead security reviews for game launches, releases, and live-service features.
  • Partner with engineering, studio, security operations, and incident response teams on security architecture, compliance, and operational decisions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline is preferred, or 10+ years of previous technical security experience.
  • At least 10 years of supervisory or management experience in a technical security environment.
  • Strong technical engineering background engaging with software, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams on architecture, code, and operational decisions.
  • Experience securing the software development lifecycle, including GitHub, Perforce, SAST, DAST, secrets management, branch protections, and CI/CD guardrails.
  • Proven experience with vulnerability and threat remediation at scale, prioritization of exposures, root-cause fixes, and time-to-remediate reduction.
  • Proficiency in cloud security, application security including the OWASP Top 10, SIEM and logging tools, vulnerability management, EDR/XDR, network and compute architectures, IAM, and PAM.
  • Knowledge of information security regulations and control frameworks including ISO, NIST, PCI, GDPR, CCPA, and SOX.
  • Hands-on experience with security incident response, risk management, audit and regulatory requirements, and enterprise security solution design and implementation in a global context.
  • Experience leading projects with global matrixed teams and communicating effectively with executives and technical engineering audiences.
  • Security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA, or SANS are a plus; media, broadcast, and entertainment cybersecurity experience is also a plus.

Benefits

  • Hybrid schedule requiring three days onsite in the New York City or Burbank office.
  • Base salary range is $177,170.00-$329,030.00 per year, with potential bonuses, incentives, and program-specific awards.
  • Benefits include health insurance, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings, paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.

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About Warner Bros. Discovery

10,000+ employees

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media company that produces and distributes film, television, streaming, sports, news, and games for consumers and distribution partners. Its portfolio includes Warner Bros. Pictures, HBO and Max, CNN, Discovery Channel, HGTV, and DC, with revenue from subscriptions, advertising, licensing, and theatrical releases. Formed in 2022 through the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, it is headquartered in New York City and trades on Nasdaq as WBD.

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