Security Engineer

Meta; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Individual Contributor to tackle challenging security problems across the organization. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage security risks, and drive engineering excellence. The ideal candidate has over 15 years of experience in security management, system design, and effective communication. This position offers a competitive salary ranging from $271,000 to $347,000 per year, along with bonuses, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience managing security risk in large organizations.
• Experience driving large cross-company security initiatives.
• Knowledge of security principles such as least privilege and defense in depth.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical teams to solve cross-domain security problems.
• Operate with ownership for security risks and influence teams for solutions.
• Provide technical guidance to define project goals and milestones.

Skills

Managing security risk

Cross-company engineering

System design

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Effective communication

Knowledge of current threat tactics

Education

B.S. Computer Science or related field

Tools

Distributed systems

Encryption

Intrusion detection

Job description

Summary

Cross-Meta Security’s mission is to protect the company, our community, and their data while empowering safe innovation. To achieve this, we are building a small team of Senior Individual Contributors (ICs) who can solve security-related technical problems across the company in collaboration with various Meta product groups and pillars.

Responsibilities

1. Lead cross-organizational technical teams to solve challenging cross-domain security problems.

2. Bring together engineering teams that work in adjacent areas to build shared context and tackle bigger problems than they can solve individually.

3. Operate with ownership and accountability for one or more security risks at Meta and drive and influence people to do the right things to comprehensively address those risks while enabling the company to move fast.

4. Disambiguate and decompose problems and solutions and create clarity for others.

5. Provide technical guidance and collaborate with cross-functional partners to define projects goals and milestones.

6. Bolster engineering excellence in everything you do.

Minimum Qualifications

1. B.S. Computer Science or related field

2. 15+ years of experience managing security risk and navigating the tradeoff between security and friction in a large organization

3. 15+ years of experience in driving large cross-company engineering and Security initiatives

4. Experience with system design, threat modeling and risk assessment

5. Experience building engineered controls and guardrails to manage risks

6. Application of security principles such as least privilege, defense in depth, segmentation

7. Knowledge of current threat tactics, techniques, and procedures

8. Experience in distributed systems, access control, encryption, intrusion detection

9. Effective communication that creates clarity and simplicity for others

Public Compensation: $271,000/year to $347,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

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