# Game Security Analyst (Apex Legends)

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Vancouver, British Columbia
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Respawn Entertainment is looking for a Games Security Analyst to help support anti-cheat initiatives for Apex Legends.

We are looking for someone with an understanding of multiplayer games, anti-cheat philosophies, and who is passionate about security principles and keeping games fair.

Responsibilities:

- Work with teams across EA to effectively guide the use of resources in the battle against cheaters.

- Document and propose new internal processes or improvements.

- Assist in the planning & implementation of new security projects and processes.

- Monitor various metrics and KPIs to identify bad behaviors impacting the health of the game.

- Investigate, document, and communicate about reported cheaters, cheats, exploits, and any other bad behavior that affects the game.

- Monitor the landscape of cheaters and cheat communities to document the latest trends and activities, as well as raising flags when needed to alert others.

Requirements:

- Familiarity of different types of cheats and how they work, particularly for FPS games.

- Basic experience with anti-cheat technologies.

- General understanding of how online games work, including rendering, networking, and databases.

- Experience querying datasets with SQL.

Nice to Have:

- Native fluency in Mandarin language (reading/writing)

- Basic knowledge of the Asian streaming services and gaming ecosystems

- Basic knowledge of a programming language that can be used for scripting, such as Python.

- Familiarity with account security and account takeover activities.

- An avid FPS gamer

Benefits: EA offers a comprehensive benefits package that focuses on physical, emotional, economic, and career well-being to support a balanced life. The package is tailored to meet local needs and may include health insurance, mental wellness support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leave, free games, and more.

## Skills

### Required
- anti-cheat technologies
- SQL
- multiplayer games
- security principles
- FPS games

### Nice to have
- Mandarin language
- Asian streaming services
- Python
- account security
- account takeover activities

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