Senior Detection Engineer

Electronic Arts; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Guildford, UK seeks a Senior Detection Engineer to advance our detection engineering strategy within the Enterprise Security team. This role is essential to safeguarding EA's cloud and production environments and will directly impact our ability to detect, respond to, and prevent cyber threats at scale.

As a senior individual contributor, you will mentor junior engineers, help define engineering direction, and lead the development of scalable threat detection solutions,

Qualifications

• Experience in detection engineering, security engineering, or software development with a cybersecurity focus.
• Experience developing detections and integrations within SIEM platforms (Splunk, Elastic, QRadar).
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, or NIST CSF.
• Experience with cloud security platforms (Wiz) and integrating their outputs into detection pipelines.
• Background in AI/ML or data science applied to cybersecurity detections.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures, container security, and host-based detection.
• Experience leading PoCs or greenfield development in a complex security ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Design and operationalize advanced detections across cloud, container, and on-prem environments.
• Build integrations for diverse data sources into EA's detection infrastructure.
• Define detection governance, lifecycle processes, and performance metrics.
• Lead development of AI-driven detection proof-of-concepts.
• Guide peers in building scalable, maintainable detection infrastructure and tuning content.
• Support priorities like product detection assessments and production telemetry uplift.

Skills

Detection engineering

Security engineering

Software development

AI/ML for cybersecurity

Cloud-native architectures

Container security

PoCs / greenfield leadership

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

QRadar

Wiz

Job description

Locations: Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Role ID

215727

Worker Type

Regular Employee

Studio/Department

CT - Security

Work Model

Hybrid

Description & Requirements

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.

We are seeking a Senior Detection Engineer to advance our detection engineering

strategy within the Enterprise Security team. This role is essential to safeguarding

EA's cloud and production environments will directly impact our ability to

detect, respond to, and prevent cyber threats at scale.

As a senior individual contributor reporting to the Director of Threat Intelligence

and Detections, you will play a central role in the technical leadership of the

Detection Engineering team. You'll mentor junior engineers, help define

engineering direction, and lead the development of scalable threat

detection solutions, including those applying AI and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Design and operationalize advanced detections across cloud, container, and on-prem environments.
• You will build integrations for diverse data sources (e.g., Wiz, host telemetry, network sensors) into EA's detection infrastructure.
• You will define detection lifecycle processes governance, and performance metrics.
• Lead development of AI-driven detection proof-of-concepts
• Guide peers in building scalable, maintainable detection infrastructure and tuning detection content.
• Support priorities like product detection assessments, threat-led risk prioritization, and production telemetry uplift.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in detection engineering, security engineering, or software development with a focus on cybersecurity.
• Experience developing detections and integrations within SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, QRadar), use of Risk-based alerting
• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, NIST CSF).
• Experience with cloud security platforms (e.g., Wiz) and integrating their outputs into detection pipelines.
• Background in AI/ML or data science applied to cybersecurity detections.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures, container security, and host-based detection.
• Experience leading PoCs or greenfield development plans in a complex security ecosystem.

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 adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and 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.