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Job DescriptionAs a Security Specialist - Incident Commander (DFIR) at Ubisoft Montréal, you will lead the response to complex cybersecurity incidents affecting our global infrastructure, game production environments, and player-facing services. You’ll join the Security and Risk Management team and help strengthen our detection, investigation, and response capabilities across the organization.
What you’ll do
- Lead the response to high-severity cybersecurity incidents across multiple teams including security operations, information technology, legal, and production teams
- Coordinate incident management activities and serve as a central point of contact during active investigations
- Analyze security risks affecting game production environments, live services, development pipelines, and player data
- Improve incident response processes, investigation procedures, and internal security tools
- Conduct proactive threat hunting activities across enterprise environments
- Perform digital forensic investigations involving memory, disk, and network analysis using tools such as Velociraptor, Autopsy, and similar platforms
- Collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to communicate investigation findings and response plans
- Mentor team members and support knowledge sharing activities across the security operations center
- Lead simulation exercises and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
- Prepare post-incident reports for technical teams, leadership, legal, and privacy stakeholders
What you bring to the team
- Experience responding to and coordinating complex cybersecurity incidents from detection through resolution
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, identify gaps, recommend improvements, and implement solutions
- Strong knowledge of security information and event management platforms and endpoint detection and response tools such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, Defender, or equivalent technologies
- Experience working with security automation and orchestration platforms
- Hands-on experience conducting digital forensic investigations using tools such as Velociraptor, Autopsy, Axiom, or similar solutions
- Knowledge of threat hunting methodologies and investigation techniques in complex environments
- Strong communication skills with the ability to adapt technical information for different audiences
- Experience working with gaming environments, anti-cheat systems, or large-scale cloud services is an asset
Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experiences
Relevant project links, publications, or technical presentations related to cybersecurity or incident response
Skills Required
- Experience responding to and coordinating complex cybersecurity incidents from detection through resolution
- Ability to work independently to identify gaps, recommend improvements, and implement solutions
- Knowledge of SIEM and endpoint detection and response tools such as Splunk, CrowdStrike, Defender, or equivalent
- Experience with security automation and orchestration platforms (SOAR)
- Hands-on digital forensics experience using Velociraptor, Autopsy, Axiom, or similar tools
- Knowledge of threat hunting methodologies and investigation techniques
- Strong communication skills to convey technical findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with gaming environments, anti-cheat systems, or large-scale cloud services
Ubisoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage in the U.S. includes medical, dental, and vision options with HSA funding to cover the deductible, plus access to One Medical and a mental‑health program. Several studios also provide telemedicine and, in some regions, on‑site clinic services.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid vacation, holidays, wellness time, volunteer PTO, and a sabbatical available after five years in the U.S. Canadian studios highlight six weeks of vacation and additional local days tied to occasions or seasonal reduced hours.
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Parental & Family Support — Enhanced parental leave with salary top‑ups is emphasized in multiple regions, including Canada. In the U.S., a travel‑expense program supports access to reproductive healthcare when services are out of state.
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What We Do
Ubisoft’s 20,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent has brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves.
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