Associate Director, Anti-Cheat Client Protection
Associate Director, Anti-Cheat Client Protection
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$ 155500 - 287876
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Job Description
Job Title:
Associate Director Anti-Cheat Client ProtectionRequisition ID:
R025588Job Description:
Your Mission
As the Associate Director of Anti-Cheat Client Protection you are responsible for driving the client-side technology that protects Call of Duty. This involves managing and maintaining the current code base as well as identifying and investing in new technologies and services. All this needs to be accomplished with a DevOps mentality to ensure that our systems are always available and operating at a reasonable scale.
What you bring to the table
The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. Therefore this role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- Managing multiple teams and anti-cheat technology
- Driving the vision for anti-cheat in the client
- Improving the integration and build processes of this technology into the game
- Driving a DevOps methodology across the team
Player Profile
Minimum requirements:
Experience
- 12 years of experience in Software Development
- 5 years of experience in Game Development
- 3 years of experience as a Director or equivalent leadership role ideally in game security or anti-cheat
- Deep understanding/Experience in the Anti-Cheat space
Knowledge & Skills
- A degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related field or equivalent experience
Key Attributes
- Strong leadership and communication skills to effectively collaborate with franchise leaders and external partners
Extra Points
Experience
- Experience building/reversing cheat software
Knowledge & Skills
- Understanding of the Call of Duty Game architecture and cheat environment
- Deep understanding/Experience in the Anti-Cheat space
Your Platform
Activision Central Tech works to support our development studios and their titles. Comprised of seven main teams we have many specialties including big data privacy and security motion capture and animation pipeline technologies graphics build and infrastructure for studio development and data centers optimization systems programming and online services including matchmaking and networking. Central Tech is distributed globally with offices across the U.S. and in Canada England Ireland and Japan.
Most of our teams are comprised of both engineering and research talent allowing us to always have an eye on the future. Our talented engineers help with title development and provide valuable knowledge sharing between studios while our researchers are action-oriented and keep a strong connection with the needs of the game studios.
Central Tech is part of Activision. To learn more about us and our research please visit us at World
At Activision we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. Were driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty Crash Bandicoot Tony Hawks Pro Skater and Guitar Hero. As a leading worldwide developer publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products our press start is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative fun thrilling and engaging entertainment experiences.
Were not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; were forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate creative and diverse teams within our organization.
Were in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater this could be your opportunity to level up.
Ready to Activate Your Future
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age marital status veteran status or disability status among other characteristics.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial well-being for Every World - weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical dental vision health savings account or health reimbursement account healthcare spending accounts dependent care spending accounts life and AD&D insurance disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match tuition reimbursement charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation paid sick time floating holidays compassion and bereavement leaves parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs fitness programs free and discounted games and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability legal service ID protection rental insurance and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $155500.00 - $287876.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately your specific range and offer will be based on several factors including relevant experience performance and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this roles range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates new hire compensation is negotiable.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
