Sr. Director Engineering, Application Security & Red Teaming

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.

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 App Sec, 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 App Sec, 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

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

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

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