Director Engineering, Application Security & Red Teaming

Electronic Arts

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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.

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TL;DR · Director Engineering, Application Security & Red Teaming

The Director Engineering, Application Security & Red Teaming joins the EA Security team to lead a highly technical group focused on identifying major threats to the organization. This role involves building an enterprise-wide application security program with a heavy emphasis on automation and best practices. Day-to-day responsibilities include planning and conducting global attacks on internal and external infrastructure, designing scripts and frameworks for security assessments, and responding to emerging threats like APTs and organized crime. The position requires expertise in tools like Cobalt Strike, BURP, and Bloodhound, alongside skills in web penetration testing, database configuration, network protocols, and exploit writing. The role solves the critical business problem of protecting global gaming platforms and systems from sophisticated adversaries while ensuring secure player experiences.

What you'll do

  • Plan and conduct large-scale attacks on internal and external applications and infrastructure.
  • Design and develop scripts, frameworks, and tools to facilitate application security assessments.
  • Respond to emerging threats such as APTs, organized crime, and other targeted attacks.
  • Participate in attack analysis and coordinate with incident response teams to resolve security incidents.
  • Communicate mission status and Red Team activity results to EA Security and studio leadership.
  • Manage knowledge of findings to determine severity and identify remediation or mitigation strategies.
  • Mentor junior staff in attack techniques, exploit development, and intelligence analysis.
  • Build and deploy flexible automation frameworks to scale the application security program.

What we're looking for

  • Be an amazing leader and attractor of high-caliber technical talent.
  • Build and deliver successful security programs from the ground up.
  • Plan quarterly roadmaps, make hard trade-offs, and manage work reporting and business rhythm.
  • Build and deploy flexible automation frameworks.
  • Demonstrate strong experience or knowledge in at least 3 of the following: Cobalt Strike, BURP, Bloodhound, Web Penetration Testing, Database, Network, Operating Systems, Development, Application Analysis, or Crypto.
  • Communicate effectively with representatives of the Lines of Business, technology specialists, and vendors.
  • Mentor and train junior staff in attack techniques, tool/exploit development, intelligence analysis, and adversarial tactics.
  • Build and maintain relationships across the business to drive change.

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