Associate Director, Anti-Cheat Client Protection

Job Title:

Associate Director, Anti-Cheat Client Protection

Requisition ID:

R025588

Job 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 https://research.activision.com/.

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re 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 Hawk’s™ 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.

We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re 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. 

We’re 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