Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer

Electronic Arts is seeking an Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer to join their Security team. As an Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for monitoring the environment of Electronic Arts' games using their internal anti-cheat solution to ensure fair and fun experiences for players.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a Security Operations Center (SOC), an understanding 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 & modding protection pipelines
• Perform triage and investigations of enforcement appeals
• Collaborate with other engineers to improve detection quality
• Plan work related to anti-cheat operations and investigation tasks
• Communicate task progress and blockers to the team
• Write concise documentation on anti-cheat operations topics
• Identify needs and improvements to current anti-cheat operations 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 cheating problem in the gaming industry
• Basic understanding of operating system fundamentals
• Ability to articulate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
• Identify knowledge gaps and seek resources to close them
• Safely handle potentially malicious software
• Quickly pick up new technical skills
• Excellent verbal and written English skills

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security, or relevant industry experience
• 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