Security Engineer, Nation State

Meta Careers; United States; Remote; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks an experienced Security Engineer to join the Nation State leadership team. You will drive strategy, influence stakeholders, and develop detection and response automation across security and engineering.

You will identify critical assets and TTPs, assess risks, and lead cross-functional initiatives to strengthen incident detection and response capabilities for complex threats across endpoints, cloud, and networks.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in offensive or defensive cyber operations, detection and response engineering or a similar security engineering role.
• Experience in communicating and influencing across functions to drive solutions.
• Experience designing systems for responding to external and insider threats.
• Background in security-focused software engineering, designing large-scale data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and prioritize risk across the company.
• Lead cross-company workstreams to deploy capabilities to mitigate risk.
• Develop detection and response automation leveraging internal and external platforms.
• Build response workflows that auto-resolve false positives and provide context.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat detection

Incident response

Influence across functions

Communication

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or relevant field

Tools

AI tools integration

Logging pipelines

Threat modeling tools

Job description

Meta Security is looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join our Nation State leadership team. You will be working across security and engineering teams to drive strategy, influence stakeholders, and develop detection and response automation leveraging both industry-standard and custom detection and response platforms. You’ll also work alongside Security Engineers and Analysts to identify critical assets and TTPs, assess the top risks, and evaluate potential attacks against Meta systems.Security Engineer, Nation State Responsibilities:Proactively identify and prioritize areas of risk across the companyLead major cross-company workstreams to deploy capabilities from multiple security teams to mitigate this riskApply domain expertise and an attacker's mindset to lead cross-functional initiatives aimed at strengthening incident detection and response capabilities for complex threatsPerform TTP-based threat modeling for a wide variety of assets, including endpoints, mobile, servers, internal services, public and private cloud environments, and networking equipmentReview the security architecture of large-scale custom and commercial systems, and independently propose logging, detection, and prevention controlsWork with policy and legal teams to strengthen our standards and our governanceBuild response workflows and actions that auto-resolve false positives and provide context, scaling our ability to investigateInfluence asset-owning teams and their leadership across Meta to adopt appropriate access control designs and operational processesSupport security incident response in a cross-functional environment and drive incident resolutionBuild logging pipelines using our custom datasets and infrastructureMinimum Qualifications:Understanding of how to manage security risks in a fast-moving environment10+ years of experience in offensive or defensive cyber operations, detection and response engineering, or a similar security engineering roleExperience in communicating and influencing across functions to drive solutionsExperience delivering executive-level security strategiesEngineering experience and the capacity to understand and reason about complex technical systemsExperience designing systems used for responding to both external and insider threatsB.S. in Computer Science or relevant field, or equivalent work experiencePreferred Qualifications:Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologiesExperience operating as a technical leader in a high-performance and high-trust security engineering teamExperience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)Experience in threat hunting, including leveraging intelligence data to proactively identify and investigate suspicious behavior across networks and systemsBackground in security-focused software engineering, designing large-scale systems and data pipelines, and offensive securityBroad knowledge across the Security domain, as well as deep focus in one (or more) areas such as logs and events processing, offensive or defensive security, or detection and/or response tooling developmentDemonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologiesAbout Meta:Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.