Locations: Kirkland, Washington, United States of America
- Kirkland
- United States of America
Senior Director, Application Security and Red Teaming
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.
EA Security is seeking a senior leader to oversee our Application Security, Red Teaming, and AI Security functions. This role shapes how EA secures the technology behind our games and global operations. The scope includes advancing application security across the development lifecycle, leading adversarial testing informed by real attacker techniques, and securing AI platforms, agentic workflows, and an expanding set of AI technologies.
We are looking for a creative and adaptable leader who enjoys solving problems with an attacker’s mindset and who can drive innovation across application security, offensive testing, automation, and AI driven security approaches. This leader will collaborate with peers across the gaming, entertainment, and technology industries and partner closely with engineering, IT, product, security, and business teams to help reduce risk and strengthen EA’s overall security.
This position reports to EA’s Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (DCISO) and Vice President of Enterprise Security.
Responsibilities
Set strategic direction for Application Security, Red Teaming, and AI Security aligned with EA’s enterprise and business objectives
Lead and evolve EA’s Application Security function to improve review quality, reduce systemic risks, and enhance partner experience
Direct adversarial testing across cloud services, business applications, identity systems, source control, CI/CD workflows, productivity suites, and infrastructure
Guide research and security testing of AI systems, LLM applications, agentic workflows, and emerging platforms
Drive innovation in attack tooling, automation, and security testing techniques informed by real adversary behavior
Foster continuous improvement across AppSec, Red Teaming, and AI Security by encouraging experimentation and scalable testing approaches
Develop tooling, automation, and AI driven security agents, including multi agent workflows, that scale AppSec, red teaming, and AI security capabilities
Partner with engineering, IT, product, and cloud teams to embed security into design and development, strengthen operational practices, and drive effective remediation
Collaborate with incident response, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, security engineering and operations to improve detection and response
Develop high performing teams focused on coaching, accountability, and continuous learning, with capacity to take on broader responsibilities as EA’s needs evolve
Required Qualifications
Experience leading Application Security, Red Team, or offensive security functions at enterprise scale
Deep technical expertise in exploit development, penetration testing, and adversary simulation
Experience evaluating and securing AI platforms, LLM based applications, and agentic workflows
Proven ability to deliver measurable improvements in security outcomes through engineering, automation, and scalable processes
Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence engineering, product, IT, and executive stakeholders
Experience with cloud environments, identity systems, modern application stacks, and CI/CD pipelines
Ability to translate technical risk into business context and guide risk informed decision making
Preferred Qualifications
Leadership experience spanning both Application Security and Red Team disciplines
Experience building or expanding AI security capabilities
Background in secure design, architecture, threat modeling, and scalable secure development processes, as well as detection and response validation
Demonstrated ability to lead during major incidents or high pressure events
Proven ability to evaluate emerging technologies and identify novel vulnerabilities
Demonstrated success leading across multiple security functions, beyond AppSec and Red Team, and contributing to enterprise wide security strategy
Strong partnership skills across security, engineering, product, and business teams
Pay Transparency - North America
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).
PAY RANGES
* Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane) $205,300 - $280,700 USD
In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.
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.
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