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Staff Content Security Engineer

Job ID: 10114423
Location: Glendale, California, United States
Business: The Walt Disney Studios
Date posted: 2月. 20, 2025

Job Summary:

The Walt Disney Studios is a leader in the industry that brings memorable, life-changing stories to the world through Disney Motion Picture Productions (MPP), Marvel Studios, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Lucasfilm. The incredible movies, shows, and characters that have come to life on the big screen and in our homes are thoroughly embedded in minds and cultures across the globe. At The Walt Disney Studios, you will be part of a team that helps propel our legacy into the future with a vision as far-reaching as our characters, worlds, and stories.

The Content Security organization is focused on protecting the magic – we ensure that all film and episodic content is protected and does not leak. We do this by employing the best practices from the world of Cyber Security, technology, and a deep understanding of the world of media and entertainment creative workflows.

We are looking for a Content Security Staff Engineer – a true innovator and thought leader, whom, as an individual contributor will have Studio and industry wide impact. The successful candidate will have a technical background and a willingness to learn and have a passion for the world of film. This role will be heavily focused on helping to secure artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. Therefore, there may also be opportunity to participate and lead other security initiatives in the application and cloud security space.

Given this broad range of responsibility, the successful candidate can deal with ambiguity, provide clarity where none exists and be able to step into and navigate a complex and high-paced environment of hardworking, friendly, and passionate people. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys being the technical SME, a self-starting mitigator of emerging risks and a problem solver. It is essential that they are a thought leader, confident, and someone who will continue to drive the organization and initiatives critical to the success of Content Security.

Responsibilities:

• Stay on top of the latest trends in AI and AI attack techniques to inform the organization of emerging threats, with particular attention to Media and Entertainment use cases.
• Work as an AI security SME consulting with teams implementing internally developed and third party developed AI tooling, also acting as a trusted advisor to studio leadership, providing clear communication of AI security risks, mitigations, and program progress.
• Develop, lead, and manage AI security initiatives, in partnership with business stakeholders and other security teams.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security best practices into MLOps and other new workflows.
• Lead efforts to develop AI security testing capabilities for continuous assessment, serving as the primary point of contact.
• Perform risk assessments against AI enabled applications and models, delivering actionable, relevant insights to system stakeholders and leadership.
• Formulate and publish guidance to help secure AI technologies used for internal and external facing workflows.
• Independently manage work tasks from assignment through delivery.
• Provide guidance and technical mentorship to junior resources on the team.
• Efficiently manage time to between workloads related to Application & Cloud Security and AI Security (40/60%, respectively).

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years' experience in cyber security, with experience in risk management, threat modeling and cloud security.
• Proven experience with designing & managing security programs for AI/ML systems or cloud-based applications, deploying secure infrastructure and applications.
• Strong familiarity with architecting and/or assessing infrastructure deployed on-premises and cloud hosted environments (AWS, GCP and Azure).
• Experience communicating security risks and project status to non-technical stakeholders, including senior management and executive leadership.
• Demonstrated curiosity and a proactive approach to learning and problem-solving.
• Experience with AI/ML solutions on major cloud platforms such as Azure, Google, AWS, along with OpenAI.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the media & entertainment industry or with securing content workflows.
• AI/ML certifications (e.g., Azure AI Engineer Associate, AWS Certified ML).
• InfoSec certifications such as CISSP, CCSP.
• Experience managing security projects.
• Master’s degree in engineering or related field.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $138,900 - $186,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About The Walt Disney Studios:

For over 95 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt Disney Company was built. Today it brings quality movies, episodic storytelling, music, and stage plays to consumers throughout the world. The Walt Disney Studios encompasses a collection of respected film studios, including Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and Searchlight Pictures.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe.

This position is with Walt Disney Pictures, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Studios.

Walt Disney Pictures is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

Disability Accommodation For Employment Applications

The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email Candidate.Accommodations@Disney.com with your request.

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