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Cyber Security Detections Lead

Cyber Detections Project Lead

Remote or at Guildford

We are EA (Electronic Arts)

We entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead:

From nation states to financially motivated cyber threats to disgruntled players, EA has a unique and ever-changing threat landscape. It is the job of the Threat Intelligence Unit to stay ahead of these adversaries, to understand their tactics and make sure their attacks are not successful against our networks.

Through analysis of attacks actively attempting to breach EA and of attacks occurring across not only our own industry, but further afield, we are able to put together threat profiles. From here we can develop detections that will ensure these attackers are not able to breach our network.

This role reports into the Threat Intelligence Unit and maintains strong relations with the other members of the Global Security Incident Response Team. This person will work closely with several key individuals and teams including IR (Incident Response) Operations, IR (Incident Response) Engineering, Red team, and Video Game Studios t o drive and organise the delivery of key projects that enable, detections and cyber monitoring capabilities across the company.

What a Cyber Detections Project Lead does at EA:

Primary Responsibilities

Project Leader: Organise and drive detections and monitoring related projects for Threat Intelligence Unit. This should include strong written and verbal communications out to leadership on timelines, progress, roadblocks and success. You should be able to work with partners, project managers and technical staff from multiple teams to drive progress. This key role includes an entire project from initial planning, milestone setting, partner discussions on scope and impact through to testing phase, implementation and then finally handover to SOC (Security Operations Center) 24/7 monitoring.

Alignment of detections with threats: Within the Threat Intelligence Unit, you would work with the Intelligence sub-unit and Incident Response Operations to respond to emerging threats such as Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), targeted attacks, organised Cybercrime, etc. This role would ensure that focus for detections creation was in alignment with the threat landscape.

Work in partnership with the Incident Response Operations team and other teams at EA to resolve security incidents as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

Strong experience planning and leading cyber projects

Hands on experience researching and implementing detections for IR (Incident Response) tools across Linux, Windows, and cloud infrastructure.

Experience with tooling such as SIEM, EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response), TIP and Ticketing Platforms.

Understanding in areas such as Networking, Operating systems, Computer Architecture

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

• Competitive salary plus annual bonus scheme
• Central location in Guildford (5 minutes from main train station)
• Private medical insurance & dental care

• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Stock plans
• Free onsite gym
• Employee discounts

• Rail season ticket loan
• Annual game points and digital download allowance
• Onsite café
• 25 days holiday (including 3 days company shutdown days between Christmas & New Year)
• Two annual staff parties (Summer & Christmas)

• Casual dress code
• Games Area

We thought you might also want to know more about our location:

• http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/guildford

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