Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer

Electronic Arts is seeking an Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer to join their Security team. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring the environment of EA's games using their internal anti-cheat solution, investigating suspected cheating activity, and gathering threat intelligence to support anti-cheat and user-generated experiences protection pipelines.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Security Operations Center, knowledge of the cheating problem in the gaming industry, and a passion for learning new technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor anti-cheat operations dashboards
• Investigate suspected cheating activity
• Gather threat intelligence to support anti-cheat and user-generated content protection efforts
• Perform triage and investigations of enforcement appeals
• Collaborate with other engineers to improve detection quality
• Plan and prioritize anti-cheat operations and investigation tasks
• Communicate task progress and blockers to the team
• Write concise documentation on anti-cheat operations topics
• Identify areas for improvement in current anti-cheat operations processes
• Develop technical skills in the anti-cheat space

Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience as a SOC Tier 1 analyst working with SIEM technologies
• Knowledge of the cheating problem in the gaming industry
• Basic knowledge of operating system fundamentals
• Ability to engage and articulate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
• Identify knowledge gaps and seek resources to close them
• Safely handle potentially malicious software
• Pick up new technical skills quickly
• Excellent verbal and written English skills

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Security or similar
• Information Security certifications such as CEH, CISSP, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, or Security+
• Experience building automation tools
• Experience with reverse engineering or anti-cheat/anti-malware development