Senior Application Security Platform Engineer

At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

Become part of a team working on some of the most rewarding, large-scale creative projects to be found in any entertainment medium - all within an inclusive, highly-motivated environment where you can learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

Rockstar is on the lookout for a passionate Job Title who is skilled at XXXXX.

This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar's NYC headquarters in Downtown Manhattan.

WHAT WE DO

The Rockstar Games Application Security team partners with numerous development teams across the company to incorporate security practices throughout the software development lifecycle.

We strive to understand the threat landscape affecting our development studios, the gaming industry, and the world at large to define secure development standards and guidelines to safeguard our business and protect our players.

We independently assess our application code and builds through various techniques (static analysis, dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, etc.) to identify potential vulnerabilities and design flaws and work with development teams to remediate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Architect and support secure software development lifecycle operations embedded in software development pipelines.

Provide technical security guidance to developers, team leads, and producers.

Drive remediation efforts behind internally and publicly identified vulnerabilities.

REQUIREMENTS

5+ years of experience working in a professional, academic or research environment identifying and remediating security bugs/flaws, assisted by automated pipelines.

Knowledge of common web security vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10), client-side security landscape, attack techniques and remediation tactics/strategies.

Experience implementing and tuning SAST, SCA, IaC and Secrets Detection tools effectively, especially fine-tuning static analysis detections with custom rule engines (CodeQL, Semgrep).

Expertise deploying within CI/CD platforms (TeamCity or GitHub Actions) and container orchestration frameworks (e.g. Kubernetes), including establishing appropriate security controls in them

Experience in establishing monitoring and observability techniques of build pipelines and their outputs.

Experience with both Windows and Linux operating systems.

Proficiency in C#, Python.

PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

Hands-on experience building or deploying security agents using frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph to automate complex multi-step security tasks.

Familiarity with using Infrastructure as Code languages (Terraform, Pulumi) to deploy secure architecture.

Experience enforcing security guardrails with Policy as Code (e.g. OPA) engines to existing and new CI/CD workflows.

Understanding of C++ and associated compilers.

Experience in establishing CI/CD controls for cloud-native pipelines and runtime environments

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply with a resume and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the skills above. If we would like to move forward with your application, a Rockstar recruiter will reach out to you to explain next steps and guide you through the process.

Rockstar is committed to creating a work environment that promotes equal opportunity, dignity and respect. In line with this commitment, Rockstar will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process in order for such applicants to be considered for the position for which they are applying, as well as to qualified employees to enable them to perform the essential functions of their roles. If you need more information about Rockstar's reasonable accommodation policies or process, or need to request an accommodation, please notify your recruiter during the interview process.

If you've got the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

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