Data Center Security Engineer — Infrastructure & Risk

Meta; Papillion (NE); On-site; USD 162,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) Security & Compliance team as an individual contributor. The role focuses on managing risk for Meta's global infrastructure across data centers, edge, backbone, subsea, and supply chain.

You will design, implement, and maintain robust physical and logical security systems to protect data and ensure regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in network security, infrastructure security, or telecommunications security, with ownership of security programs in large-scale network environments.
• Technical experience across security domains.
• Experience establishing, scaling, and maturing security projects and programs.
• Experience supporting security for large-scale and/or mission-critical infrastructure and operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a comprehensive security expert accountable for security risk management across logical and physical security domains
• Assess security risk and communicate information about security threats and vulnerabilities to inform business decisions and drive strategy
• Assess and report on effectiveness of security controls to inform security strategy, manage security risk, and enable business operations
• Engineer security solutions across the network, physical, and cyber/logical domains that protect Meta infrastructure at scale
• Develop and operationalize security guidance to align policy, best practices, and regulatory requirements into a unified strategy
• Integrate security solutions throughout the data center lifecycle including planning, design, construction, operations, refresh, and decommissioning
• Develop and implement custom detection rules tailored to mechanical cooling and electrical systems supporting facility operations
• Support security incident management across all domains, and maintain/troubleshoot infrastructure that supports network security tools

Skills

Security risk management

Threat assessment

Security controls evaluation

Networking fundamentals

Security program ownership

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join the Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) Security & Compliance team as an individual contributor. The role focuses on managing risk for Meta's global infrastructure across data centers, edge, backbone, subsea, and supply chain.

You will design, implement, and maintain robust physical and logical security systems to protect data and ensure regulatory compliance.