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
Company Overview
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. It was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.ea.com.