Game Security Analyst

Nexon America is a branch of Nexon Co., Ltd., a global video game publisher and leading developer of online virtual worlds for PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. Nexon proudly offers celebrated franchises like Maple Story and Mabinogi that have been enjoyed by millions of players for over two decades. When we founded our Nexon America branch in 2006, we made it our goal to bring those unique games to western players using a player-first approach.

We achieve that goal by applying our team’s outstanding free-to-play expertise and live game support to every decision, every day.

But we’re committed to more than our games! Here at Nexon America, we’re all about open communication, diversity, mutual respect, and collaboration, so we can bring out the best in each other. Nexies find support, friendship, and career growth all in one place! And because we know a healthy work-life balance is the key to happiness, Nexies also enjoy flexible hours, a hybrid work model, and extra perks like food trucks, happy hours, and team events.

It’s why we’ve earned the Great Place to Work certification for 6 years running!

We’re looking to expand our team with passionate individuals who want to learn, play, and grow with us. Ready for a new challenge?

The Game Security Analyst investigates game security issues that need special attention. This person gathers and analyzes game and account data to respond to possible game-breaking issues and incidents, and gives possible resolutions to our game producers. This person also uses AI tools to support daily analysis and reporting.

We are currently working in the office 2-3x a week in a hybrid work model.

• Proactively monitor and analyze possible risks and chances of exploitation, mainly within the game, with some focus on platform and transactions. Analyze data to find patterns or trends in abusive activity, or to predict where cheating might happen next
• Research and reproduce exploits, and send timely reports on cheating and exploit analysis to the relevant game teams
• Process administrative actions for mass suspensions and unblocks that are approved through investigations
• Research security improvements and make recommendations to management. Stay up to date on new technology trends, security standards, and AI tools that can help the team’s work
• Other duties as assigned

• 1+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience in investigation or analysis required
• Game industry experience or game-playing experience required Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or Certification
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analysis, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Related security certifications can replace some education or work experience
  Knowledge/Skills
  • Technical understanding of, and experience in, anti-cheat or anti-fraud, including basic knowledge of game cheat tools such as game bots, memory editing tools, packet modification, and speed hacks
    • Knowledge of software runtime analysis, debugging, and security testing techniques, security auditing practices, and underlying software defects that routinely result in security vulnerabilities
    • Knowledge of reverse engineering, anti-cracking, and anti-debugging concepts
  • Knowledge of, or experience in, analyzing abnormal activity from data, logs, and reports
    • Basic working knowledge of log analysis tools, such as Splunk SPL, SQL (for example, Snowflake), or other similar tools
  • Hands-on experience with monitoring security activity and detecting abnormal behavior
  • Good understanding of game mechanics
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Interest in and passion for gaming
  • Basic understanding of programming and coding (for example, Python)
  • Basic experience…