Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer

Electronic Arts

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Austin, TXVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Salary: $86,600–$118,600 / yr
Posted: 145 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, developing and publishing games for consoles, mobile, and PC under franchises including FIFA, Madden NFL, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield.

Electronic Arts currently has 41 open roles on FindRole.

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The Anti-Cheat Operations Engineer I joins the Secure Platform Engineering & Anti-Cheat Response team within EA Security. This role focuses on maintaining gameplay integrity by monitoring game environments using internal anti-cheat solutions to ensure fair experiences for players. Daily responsibilities include monitoring anti-cheat dashboards, investigating suspected cheating activity, and gathering threat intelligence to support anti-cheat and user-generated experiences protection pipelines. The engineer will perform triage on enforcement appeals, collaborate with teammates to improve detection quality, and document operational processes. Required skills include experience as a SOC Tier 1 analyst using SIEM technologies, knowledge of operating system fundamentals like processes and virtual memory, and an understanding of gaming cheats such as aimbots and wall hacks. The role addresses the technical challenge of identifying and mitigating malicious software and cheating behaviors.

Skills

SIEM SOC Reverse Engineering Anti-Malware Information Security Threat Intelligence Security Operations Center

What you'll do

Monitor anti-cheat operations dashboards to ensure fair gameplay.
Investigate suspected cheating activity to confirm or refute reports.
Gather threat intelligence to support anti-cheat and user-generated content protection.
Perform triage and investigations of enforcement appeals.
Write concise documentation regarding anti-cheat operations and technical topics.
Identify and implement improvements to current anti-cheat operational processes.
Analyze data from various tools to improve the quality of cheat detections.

What we're looking for

1+ years of experience as a SOC Tier 1 analyst working with SIEM technologies.
Knowledge of the cheating problem in the gaming industry, including PC cheats, modding, and aimbots.
Basic knowledge of operating system fundamentals such as processes, threads, and virtual memory.
Ability to safely handle potentially malicious software.
Excellent verbal and written English skills.
Ability to engage and articulate complex technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or similar, or relevant industry experience (preferred).
Information Security certifications such as CEH, CISSP, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, or Security+ (preferred).

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