Electronic Arts (EA) creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. They are seeking an Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer I to monitor game environments using internal anti-cheat solutions, investigate suspected cheating activities, and improve detection quality. The role involves collaborating with engineers and communicating progress on anti-cheat operations.

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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