Information Security Analyst II

Sony•San Diego, CA

17d

About The Position

Why PlayStation? PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more. PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. PlayStation is looking for an Information Security Analyst to join our team and operate the day-to-day Information Security, Risk and Compliance management processes. This is a mixture of processing requests from the business and driving internal security projects such as security audit and assessment. This role requires a sound understanding of technical and engineering terminology, outstanding ability to articulate risk across any security domains (technical and governance) with the demonstrable ability to work independently and process high volumes of security requests on a weekly basis. This role also provides ample opportunity to work across technical and game-related projects with studio and PlayStation engineering teams and therefore requires risk advisory and influencing experience. Based in San Diego, the candidate will be the key business relationship partner on behalf of Information Security and work on Information Security processes as well as strategic projects across PlayStation and the Studios group. This role will collaborate closely directly with business, technical and third party collaborators, as well as work multi-functionally with our other Information Security specialist teams across the globe to protect PlayStation’s intellectual property, data and infrastructure whilst delivering new and evolving games, services and hardware to the market. This is an opportunity to provide security directly to the global PlayStation business, our PlayStation Network and global Studios and their game development.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in information security, with demonstrated expertise in risk identification and mitigation.
2+ years conducting risk assessments and providing actionable recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
2+ years working in vulnerability management, including detection, analysis, reporting, or remediation tracking.
2+ years of hands-on experience managing or evaluating cloud environments, networks, and security infrastructure.
2+ years of experience communicating risk and security insights to leadership and cross-functional partners.

Nice To Haves

Background in the gaming or entertainment industry.
Experience leading projects or programs in a security or risk management capacity.
Technical and Security focused certifications a strong preference
Confident communicator able to translate complex security risk concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment balancing innovation and security priorities.
Proven success working independently to establish relationships, deliver requirements, and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

Serve as a primary partner to PlayStation Studios, supporting security risk management across global game development and studio environments.
Triage and manage technical and strategic security risks across studios, ensuring alignment to security strategy and policy compliance.
Engage directly with technical teams and studio leadership to strengthen risk posture, manage vulnerabilities, and drive mitigation strategies.
Act as a trusted advisor to studio teams, driving a culture of embedding “security by design” principles.
Support the creation of risk insights, reporting, and executive briefings that inform leadership on studio security health and emerging trends.
Maintain broad knowledge of emerging security trends, risks, adn technologies that are applicable to the studio business and Sony at large.
Advance the Information Security program through collaborative and cross-team partnerships.