Senior Security Engineer II

Requisition Number: 186231

Position Title: DD II

External Description:

Senior Security Engineer

The EA Security team protects EA by reducing our exposure to security risks. We raise risk awareness for the entire company and provide measured, proportionate security and risk management controls, services and solutions. We also ensure that EA meets all required security standards as defined by various regulatory bodies. Keeping EA safe isn’t a game; join us as we keep the future of play secure for everyone.

We are looking for an Senior Security Engineer II to help us secure EA's user-generated experience (UGX) services, tools, and games. This hybrid-preferred role will report to the Senior Manager of the Verification and Pentest (VAP) team within the Secure Product Engineering and Anti-cheat Response (SPEAR) organization. You will partner with development teams to discover and remediate the vulnerabilities throughout their development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• You will use architecture and design documentation and an understanding of the interactions between EA products to create security assessment scoping documents related to complex UGX products hosted in the cloud and running on PC, web, mobile, and consoles, identifying and driving the remediation of security and gameplay integrity issues.

• You will develop a broad and deep technical understanding of EA's UGX products, services and architectures, using that understanding to perform in-depth reviews

• You will identify systemic vulnerability trends and patterns, and propose and engage product teams at a senior level to address these issues at EA

• You will drive remediation of vulnerabilities by engaging leadership of product teams

• You will participate and contribute in strategic conversations at the SPEAR management level

• You will identify and distill external research, to improve knowledge across EA Security

Qualifications

• At least eight years hands-on experience of full stack Application Security reviews that span multiple platforms and programming languages.

• In-depth experience with security assessment tools and understanding of their applicability and limitations in different assessment scenarios.

• Expertise in multiple of the following domains and knowledge in the remaining domains: Game Security, User-Generated Experience, Cloud Architecture, Mobile Architecture, OS Internals

• Knowledge of best practices and common pitfalls in multiple of the following: cryptography, IAM controls, web frameworks, and content moderation and filtering

• Knowledge of all of the following exploitation techniques with expertise in multiple: XSS, SQLi, IDOR, MitM, DoS, RCE, LFI/RFI, BOF, or ROP

• Excellent verbal and written English skills

• Experience delivering talks at internal and external security conferences and gaming conferences

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Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

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About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 4

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth. 

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.