Expert Threat Intelligence Analyst - Central Technology

Activision • Los Angeles, CA

17h • Onsite

About The Position

Call of Duty is one of the most iconic and successful video game franchises in the world, delivering unforgettable experiences to millions of players every day. At the heart of that experience is fair play—and that’s where the Ricochet Anti-Cheat team comes in. Our mission is to protect the integrity of the online experience, ensuring every player enjoys a level playing field. As an Expert Threat Intelligence Analyst, you will play a critical role in discovering, reporting, and monitoring the top threats to Call of Duty Anti-Cheat. We are seeking an Expert Threat Intelligence Analyst to lead and evolve our understanding of adversarial behavior across our game ecosystem. This is an individual contributor role focused on identifying, analyzing, and disrupting cheating, exploitation, and abuse at scale. The role sits at the intersection of intelligence, enforcement, and product, and is responsible for turning complex behavioral insights into meaningful action. As an expert individual contributor, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and influence. You will lead complex investigations, develop a deep understanding of cheat ecosystems, and shape how intelligence informs detection systems, enforcement strategies, and long-term game security investments. Your work will directly contribute to protecting fair play and maintaining competitive integrity for our players.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in game security, anti-cheat, fraud/abuse, or adversarial systems
• Demonstrated experience investigating and disrupting complex adversarial behaviors or ecosystems
• Experience working with large-scale telemetry, behavioral datasets, or player activity data
• Familiarity with tools and workflows used to analyze player behavior, enforcement outcomes, and live service data
• Proven ability to translate analytical findings into concrete outcomes (e.g., detections, enforcement actions, or design changes)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly present findings to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience influencing cross-functional partners and driving alignment without direct authority
• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills applied to adversarial or behavioral systems
• Deep understanding of player behavior, cheating motivations, and abuse patterns in online games
• Experience supporting high-velocity, live service environments where rapid iteration and response are required
• Ability to synthesize multiple sources of information into clear, actionable insights
• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to think strategically and systemically
• Effective collaboration skills across engineering, data, operations, and product teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with reverse engineering, memory analysis, debugging, or exploit development
• Familiarity with cheat development techniques or game client manipulation
• Experience using relational databases and writing queries (e.g., SQL) to analyze large datasets
• Programming or scripting experience (e.g., Python) for analysis, tooling, or automation
• Experience analyzing online communities related to cheating or abuse (forums, Discord, etc.)
• Background in building or improving detection systems, heuristics, or anti-cheat mechanisms
• Experience developing internal tools, workflows, or automation to improve analyst efficiency

Responsibilities

• Lead complex investigations into cheat providers, exploit abuse, and organized player misconduct
• Analyze in-game telemetry, behavioral data, and enforcement outcomes to identify patterns and opportunities
• Monitor and assess cheat communities, marketplaces, and distribution channels
• Develop detailed profiles of cheat ecosystems, including key actors, tools, and monetization models
• Translate intelligence into actionable outputs such as detection opportunities, enforcement strategies, and product recommendations
• Partner closely with engineering and data teams to ensure insights are operationalized into systems and models
• Support enforcement operations with high-confidence intelligence that improves targeting and accuracy
• Identify emerging threats and proactively recommend mitigation strategies before they scale
• Contribute to the development of intelligence processes, standards, and best practices
• Mentor other analysts and raise the overall quality and rigor of investigations

Benefits

• 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
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior