Ubisoft

Games Security Specialist

Ubisoft$80K — $95K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of online games and live ops related to security and player safety.
  • Proven ability to execute cross-team actions in live environments.
  • Understanding of game security risks and exploitation patterns.
  • Player-centric mindset focusing on fairness and community health.
  • Strong communication skills for written and verbal reports.
  • Proficient in data analysis and operational decision support.
  • Ability to document findings and decisions effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Drive player protection actions for For Honor from identification to mitigation.
  • Coordinate anti-cheat and anti-exploitation measures to ensure effective fixes.
  • Analyze matchmaking abuse and ban evasion to uphold competitive integrity.
  • Lead responses to toxicity and abusive behaviors with moderation and support teams.
  • Orchestrate incident triage and interventions, including sanctions and follow-ups.
  • Maintain intervention playbooks for consistent and fair outcomes.
  • Track player protection risks and trends, adjusting actions based on data.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment within a diverse team.
  • Opportunity to influence player experience and community health.
  • Hands-on involvement in game security operations.
  • Continued learning and improvement through real-time data analysis.
Full Job Description
As a Games Security Specialist at Ubisoft Montréal, you will be fully embedded on For Honor as the owner and executor of the Player Protection domain for the project. This is a single-project role, focused on protecting fair play and community health within For Honor's live environment. You will work hands-on with production, online, data, moderation, and security partners to identify issues, coordinate responses, and drive concrete mitigation actions related to cheating, exploitation, matchmaking abuse, toxicity, ban evasion, and account-related abuse . This role emphasizes execution, follow-through, and operational impact, not just reporting or strategy definition. What you'll do • Drive and execute player protection actions for For Honor, from issue identification to mitigation and validation • Coordinate and implement anti-cheat and anti-exploitation measures, ensuring fixes are tested and effective • Analyze and address matchmaking abuse, ban evasion, and repeat offenses impacting competitive integrity • Lead operational responses to toxicity and abusive behaviors, in collaboration with moderation and support teams • Orchestrate incident triage and intervention, including sanctions, fixes, and follow-up actions • Maintain and apply intervention playbooks and decision matrices to ensure fair, consistent outcomes • Track player protection risks, trends, and outcomes, and adjust actions based on live data • Act as the day-to-day player protection point of contact for the For Honor team • Raise awareness of security, fairness, and player experience trade-offs during production decisions • Contribute to continuous improvement through threat monitoring and post-incident reviews Qualifications What you bring to the team • Knowledge or awareness of online games or live operations involving security, trust and safety, anti-cheat, or moderation • Ability to execute and follow through on cross-team actions in live environments • Solid understanding of game security risks, abuse patterns, and exploitation vectors • A player-centric mindset that balances fairness, consistency, and community health • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Comfort working with data, dashboards, and signals to support operational decisions • Ability to document findings, decisions, and outcomes in clear, accurate, and shareable formats • A collaborative approach and respect for diverse perspectives Additional Information

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft Entertainment SA is a French video game company headquartered in Montreuil with several development studios across the world. It publishes games for several video game franchises, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Just Dance, Prince of Persia, Rayman, Raving Rabbids, and Tom Clancy's. The company's largest development studio is Ubisoft Montreal in Canada, which is responsible for the development of Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Watch Dogs, among others. Ubisoft is the fourth largest publicly traded game company in the Americas and Europe in terms of revenue and market capitalization, after Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Take-Two Interactive. The company has over 18,000 employees and has development studios in 35 countries. Ubisoft's revenue for the fiscal year 2020-2021 was ?2.2 billion.
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