Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer
Electronic Arts (EA) creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. The Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer I will monitor game environments using internal anti-cheat solutions and investigate suspected cheating activities to ensure fair gaming experiences.
Responsibilities
- Monitor anti-cheat operations dashboards
- Investigate suspected cheating activity
- Gather threat intelligence to support efforts for anti-cheat and UGX (user-generated content and modding)
- Perform triage and investigations of enforcement appeals
- Collaborate with other engineers on the team to improve the quality of our detections
- Plan work related to anti-cheat operations and investigation tasks
- Clearly communicate task progress and blockers to the team
- Write concise documentation for a variety of topics dealing with anti-cheat operations
- Identify needs and improvements to current processes dealing with anti-cheat operations
- Identify needs and lead the development of your technical skills in the anti-cheat space
Skills
- 1+ years of experience as a SOC Tier 1 analyst working with SIEM technologies
- Knowledge of the cheating problem in the gaming industry (PC cheats, modding, external cheats, internal cheats, wall hacks, aimbots, etc.)
- Basic knowledge of operating system fundamentals (processes, threads, virtual memory, etc.)
- Engage and articulate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences
- Identify knowledge gaps and seek the right sources to close those gaps
- Safely handle potentially malicious software
- Pick up new technical skills quickly
- Excellent verbal and written English skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security or similar, or relevant industry experience
- Information Security certifications such as CEH, CISSP, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, or Security+
- Experience building tools that automate tasks
- Experience with reverse engineering or anti-cheat/anti-malware development
Benefits
- Vacation (3 weeks per year to start)
- 10 days per year of sick time
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave)
- Extended health/dental/vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Retirement plan to regular full-time employees
- Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity
- Healthcare coverage
- Mental well-being support
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off
- Family leaves
- Complimentary games
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