Senior Security Architect II

at Electronic Arts Inc in ChicagoChicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. EA delivers games, experience and online services for consoles, PCs, mobile phones and tablets. The Secure Product Engineering & Anti-Cheat Response organization ensures that all EA products are developed with security and gameplay integrity as a top priority. We partner with platform development teams and game studios to ensure that our players can enjoy playing games securely and fairly.
We are looking for a Security Architect to guide the security posture of user-generated experience services, tools and games throughout the development lifecycle. You will partner with development teams to help them make the best design decisions. You will find and drive remediation of security and gameplay integrity issues at scale. You will report to the Senior Manager of the Security Architecture & Design team.
Responsibilities
You will lead complex design assessments on EA user generated experience (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 related products, services and architectures, using that understanding to guide your reviews and recommendations.
You will translate security and gameplay integrity design principles into requirements that can be understood and repeatedly applied by partner development teams.
You will recognize repeat issue patterns across our games and services, and partner with EA Security, Studio and Platform teams and their leadership, to solve these at scale.
You will identify and distill external research, influencing how EA identifies and mitigates emergent security and gameplay integrity issues.
You will develop and deliver educational materials to raise security IQ across EA
Qualifications
5 Years Experience designing, recommending and reviewing security controls for complex applications.
Game industry experience, preferably with experience handling user-generated experiences
Expertise in multiple of the following domains: Game Security, User-Generated Experience, Game Modding, Anti-Cheat, Mobile Architecture, Networking, OS Internals, Cloud Architecture, Web Frameworks, Identity and Access Management, DevSecOps, Cryptography.
Experience with vulnerability scoring frameworks and threat modeling methodologies.
Experience delivering security or gaming-related conference talks or executive-level presentations.
Experience with Python preferred.
Excellent verbal and written English skills. 
 

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 

The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the range and benefits for your specific location. 

EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs. 

BASE SALARY RANGES 

California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento): 
$149,150 - $233,500 USD Annually 
New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo): 
$136,000 - $233,500 USD Annually 
Jersey City, NJ : 
$171,100 - $233,500 USD Annually 

Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs): 
$136,000 - $190,850 USD Annually 
Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane): 
$136,000 - $218,900 USD Annually 
British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria): 
$114,050 - $185,250 CAN Annually 

Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.... For full info follow application link.

EA 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 for 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.