Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

As a Security Software Engineer, you will partner with game developers, data scientists, fraud analysts, and other security software engineers to address some of the most interesting game security challenges out there. You will help with researching, designing, and building solutions applicable to the portfolio of Madden titles to prevent instances of cheating, botting, and tampering. The Security Software Engineer will report to the Development Director.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience

• Knowledge of security best practices of at least one of the following: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

• Game Security experience, or Enterprise Security experience

Required Technical Skills

• 3+ years of progressively complex experience in game security vulnerability testing

• 3+ years of professional software development experience with C++, C#, Python, or .NET programming skills.

• Competency with MySQL and Splunk

• At least one of the following certifications: CISSP, CEH, SSCP, or CCSP

Regardless of your specialization, a few things we're always looking for:

• Passion. You love your craft and are always looking to learn more.

• A sense of humility and ability to thrive in a team environment. You look for help when you're stuck and you want to help your teammates when they need it.

• A knack for managing your time. You know when to go deeper on a task versus recognizing that it's time to get 'er done and move on to the next thing. Quality is important, but so is speed!

• Drive to execute. Projects you've worked on in the past (personal or professional) got finished, and got finished properly... and it had a lot to do with you.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)
  • $115,100 - $161,200 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including 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.