Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer

Electronic Arts creates digital entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans globally.

The Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer works within EA Security's Secure Platform Engineering & Anti-Cheat Response (SPEAR) team. The primary goal is to monitor the environment of EA's games using an internal anti-cheat solution, ensuring fair and fun experiences for players.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor anti-cheat operations dashboards
• Investigate suspected cheating activity
• Gather threat intelligence to support anti-cheat and user-generated content protection
• Perform triage and investigations of enforcement appeals
• Collaborate with 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
• Identify needs and improvements to current anti-cheat processes
• Develop technical skills in the anti-cheat space

Qualifications:

• 1+ year of experience as a SOC Tier 1 analyst with SIEM technologies
• Knowledge of the gaming industry's cheating problem
• Basic understanding of operating system fundamentals
• Ability to articulate complex technical topics to various audiences
• Identify knowledge gaps and seek resources to close them
• Handle potentially malicious software safely
• Quickly pick up new technical skills
• Excellent verbal and written English skills

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security
• Information Security certifications
• Experience building automation tools
• Reverse engineering or anti-cheat/anti-malware development experience