Security Foundations Lead: Cross-Domain Architect

Meta; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 271,000 - 347,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Security Engineer Lead within Security Foundations to scope, design, and champion security solutions across domains. You will set technical direction spanning Identity and Access Management, Cryptography and Data Security, Product Identity and Access, AI Security, Cloud Security, and Asset Management.

You will translate ambiguous business and regulatory requirements into concrete threat models and prioritized mitigations, balancing security with product velocity.

Qualifications

• B.S. Computer Science or related field.
• Deep technical expertise across multiple security domains.
• Experience driving large cross-company engineering initiatives.
• Experience managing security risk and balancing security vs friction.
• Strong cross-functional communication across teams.
• Ability to operate in high-ambiguity environments.
• Hands-on engineering leadership across Security and Software Eng teams.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for security solutions and platforms shared across the company, working through Security Engineering, Security Analyst, and Software Engineering teams.
• Determine the highest-risk items across these domains company-wide, then lead development of detailed threat models and solutions.
• Define how AI agents are identified, authorized, and audited across Meta's infrastructure.
• Navigate tradeoffs between security and friction or cost, so the company can keep moving fast securely.
• Drive solution design, including technical architecture, and lead implementation as needed.
• Build partnerships across security, infrastructure, corporate engineering, and legal to translate ambiguous requirements into clear tradeoffs.
• Represent tradeoffs credibly to senior leadership (VPs, CTO, CISO) to drive decisions.

Skills

Security engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Threat modelling

Identity and access management

Cloud and on-prem infrastructure

Executive communication

AI/ML security

Education

B.S. Computer Science or related field

Job description

Meta is seeking a Security Engineer Lead within Security Foundations to scope, design, and champion security solutions across domains. You will set technical direction spanning Identity and Access Management, Cryptography and Data Security, Product Identity and Access, AI Security, Cloud Security, and Asset Management.

You will translate ambiguous business and regulatory requirements into concrete threat models and prioritized mitigations, balancing security with product velocity.