# 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 seeking a Games Security Analyst to support anti-cheat initiatives for Apex Legends. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of multiplayer games, anti-cheat philosophies, and a passion for security principles and keeping games fair.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with teams across EA to guide resource allocation in the fight against cheaters.

- Develop and propose new internal processes or improvements.

- Assist in planning and implementing new security projects and processes.

- Monitor metrics and KPIs to identify malicious behaviours affecting game health.

- Investigate, document, and communicate about reported cheaters, cheats, exploits, and other detrimental behaviours.

- Track cheating trends and activities, raising flags when necessary.

Requirements:

- Familiarity with various types of cheats, particularly in FPS games.

- Basic experience with anti-cheat technologies.

- Understanding of online game mechanics, including rendering, networking, and databases.

- Experience querying datasets with SQL.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Native fluency in Mandarin (reading and writing).

- Basic knowledge of Asian streaming services and gaming ecosystems.

- Familiarity with a programming language used for scripting, such as Python.

- Knowledge of account security and account takeover activities.

- Avid FPS gamer.

Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community wellbeing support. Benefits are tailored to local needs and may include medical insurance, mental wellbeing support, pension plans, 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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