Translated into English from Japanese by Korum. The employer's original wording is on their site.
Why PlayStation?
PlayStation isn’t just the Best Place to Play - it’s also the Best Place to Work. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Plus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation, technology, and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
■ Responsibilities
This is a Security Architect position responsible for designing and driving the overall security architecture of the PlayStation platform.
To protect the PlayStation platform, you will integrate SoC security features, secure console manufacturing processes, Root of Trust, Secure Boot, hypervisor and kernel security features, PlayStation's proprietary DRM, cryptographic key management, device authentication, execution environment protection, attack mitigation techniques and more, and design an end-to-end security architecture covering hardware, software, manufacturing and operations.
You will work with specialised teams developing each security feature, and with related teams such as SoC, system software, manufacturing and content protection, to achieve a consistent security design across the entire PlayStation platform.
■ Workplace Introduction
Our team, based in Tokyo, promotes security measures from a global perspective. Our team values communication among members and provides an open and friendly environment.
Workplace environment:
・A lively workplace where cutting-edge technology and innovative ideas come together. Team members have deep knowledge and experience in hardware and software security, and realise solutions on PlayStation in collaboration with other teams.
・We regularly hold internal hackathons, which are used as a venue for technical challenges and cross-team idea generation.
・We combine telework and office work, selecting the best way of working according to development status and team circumstances. While emphasising communication quality and work efficiency, we achieve a flexible and well-balanced working style.
Team features:
・Global collaboration: Our team works closely with overseas teams to strengthen PlayStation's security.
・Diverse expertise: Team members have specialist knowledge in various fields, including hardware security, software security, security review and auditing.
・Autonomy: Regardless of position, members are encouraged to voice their opinions and discuss, and can carry out their work with discretion.
■ Required Skills and Technical Areas
【Required skills (MUST)】
・Security design or development experience spanning multiple areas such as computer architecture, OS, virtualisation, cryptographic technology, Secure Boot, TEE, hardware security, DRM, authentication and key management (you do not need to cover all of them)
・Knowledge or practical experience of attack mitigation techniques such as ASLR, Control Flow Integrity, privilege separation, sandboxing and memory protection, enabling design decisions that take into account attack methods, performance impact, compatibility and implementation cost
・Ability to understand the threat model of the entire system and to organise and explain security requirements, design policies, risks and trade-offs
・Experience driving architecture design and technical decision-making in collaboration with multiple technical teams and stakeholders
・Communication skills that enable smooth collaboration with stakeholders
【Skills and experience that are welcome (WANT)】
・Security design and development experience for game consoles, smartphones, PCs, embedded devices, SoCs and similar
・Knowledge or practical experience of Secure Boot, Root of Trust, Anti-rollback, Tamper Resistance and similar
・Knowledge or development experience of low-level software such as hypervisors, kernels and TEEs
・Design and practical experience of security measures using OS, compilers, runtimes, CPU architecture, memory management mechanisms and similar
・Knowledge or practical experience of content protection, licence management, cryptographic key management, device authentication and secure storage
・Experience in attacker-perspective security analysis, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, penetration testing and security review
・Experience designing security architecture that spans hardware and software
・Experience leading security architecture design, technical decisions and stakeholder consensus-building for large-scale or long-operated products
【Desired profile】
・A person with a strong curiosity about security
・A person who enjoys achieving goals through cross-team collaboration and discussion
・A person willing to actively engage in communication in English
【English language skills】
・Ability to read technical documents written in English
・As close collaboration with global teams is important, communication in English is sometimes required. Regardless of your current language skills, we expect you to proactively engage, even if you need to make use of automatic translation tools.
【Japanese language skills】
・Holding JLPT N1 or an equivalent or higher level of skill
・Day-to-day work is conducted in Japanese.
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.
PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.
