Senior Reverse Engineer - Anti Cheat

PC Games Insider; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts seeks a Senior Reverse Engineer I to analyze cheats across PC, mobile, and consoles within the SPEAR team. You will perform anti-cheat assessments, review source code, and help harden our games against hack tools with rigorous testing and documentation.

You will develop automation tools and contribute to scoping documents for upcoming assessments, partnering with EA game teams to reduce cheat variants and improve security across EA's titles.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of ARM architecture.
• Knowledge of OS internals for Windows, Android & Linux.
• Knowledge of OS fundamentals (processes, threads, virtual memory).
• Read x86/x64 assembly language.
• Experience with debuggers such as WinDbg, x64dbg, OllyDbg, or gdb.
• Experience with disassemblers such as Ghidra, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or radare2.
• Understand three or more of C++, C#, Java, or .NET CIL.
• Knowledge of cryptography and obfuscation techniques.
• Drive change throughout the SPEAR organization.
• Background in Secure Platform Engineering & Anti-Cheat.

Responsibilities

• Reverse engineer obfuscated cheats for PC, mobile and consoles.
• Document and report on cheat functionality analyzed.
• Solve technical problems in the cheating space.
• Create anti-cheat assessment scoping docs and test cases.
• Perform anti-cheat assessments of pre-release products.
• Advise game teams on reducing cheat classes.
• Develop tools, scripts, and extensions for automation and reverse engineering.
• Identify cheat variants that defeat mitigations and suggest solutions.

Skills

ARM architecture

OS internals

OS fundamentals

x86/x64 assembly

WinDbg/x64dbg

Ghidra/IDA Pro

C++, C#, Java

Cryptography

SPEAR drive

SPEAR organization

Bachelor's Degree

Security certifications

Automation tooling

Reverse engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Binay Ninja

Job description

Job Title

Job Description

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.

You will perform anti-cheat assessments. These assessments will cover everything from client-side tampering (external/internal) to network-based cheating. You will also include source code review of thick clients. The goal is to gauge against cheat/hack tools.

The EA Security team protects us 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.

The Senior Reverse Engineer I is a member of EA Security's Secure Platform Engineering & Anti-Cheat Response (SPEAR) team and will report to the manager of the Gameplay Integrity Operations sub-team.

As a Senior Reverse Engineer I, your primary job will be to analyse cheats developed against EA's games and to make it harder for cheat developers to create new cheats. Your work will help ensure fair and fun gaming experiences for EA's customers across all of EA's games.

You will perform anti-cheat assessments. These assessments will cover everything from client-side tampering (external/internal) to network-based cheating. You will also include source code review of thick clients. The goal is to gauge against cheat/hack tools.

Responsibilities

• Reverse Engineer obfuscated user-mode and kernal-mode cheats developed for PC, mobile and consoles;
• Document and report on the functionality of the cheats you've analysed;
• Solve well-defined technical problems in the cheating space;
• Use architecture and design documentation to create anti-cheat assessment scoping documents and define cheating test-cases for upcoming anti-cheat assessments;
• Perform anti-cheat assessments of pre-release products;
• Consult with us and advise EA game teams on how to reduce classes of cheats;
• Develop tools, scripts, and extensions for automation and reverse engineering, both in user space and kernel space;
• Identify cheat variants that defeat previous mitigations, and suggest solutions.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the ARM architecture;
• Knowledge of operating system internals for Windows, Android & Linux;
• Knowledge of operating system fundamentals (processes, threads, virtual memory);
• Read x86/x64 assembly language;
• Experience with debuggers such as WinDbg, x64dbg, OllyDbg, or gdb;
• Experience with disassemblers such as Ghidra, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, or radare2;
• Understand three or more of C++, C#, Java, or .NET CIL;
• Knowledge of cryptography and obfuscation techniques;
• Drive chanhge throughout all of the Secure Platform Engineering & Anti-Cheat;
• Response (SPEAR) organisation.

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Security;
• Information Security certifications such as CEH, CISSP, GSEC, OSCP, OSCE, and Security+;
• Experience building tools that automate cheat-related tasks;
• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering or anti-cheat/anti-malware development.