Meta Security is looking for a Security Engineer with experience in threat modeling, TTP identification, and detection engineering. You'll work alongside Security Analysts, Software Engineers and Offensive Security Engineers to identify critical assets, assess the top risks, and evaluate and detect potential internal and external attacks against Meta systems. You will be working across engineering teams supporting Production and Corporate systems to develop detection and response automation leveraging both industry-standard and custom detection and response platforms. You'll generate detection ideas and implementations utilizing some of the world's largest datasets and build on top of hyper-scale data pipelines.
Work in cross-functional projects to improve our capabilities to effectively detect and respond to security incidents
Review security architecture of large-scale custom and commercial systems and independently propose logging, detection and prevention controls
Perform TTP-based Threat Modeling for a wide variety of assets including endpoints, mobile, servers, internal services, public & private cloud environments and networking equipment
Perform analysis against logs from a variety of sources (e.g., individual host logs, network traffic logs) to identify potential threats and detection ideas
Build response workflows and actions that auto-resolve false positives and provide context scaling our ability to investigate
Support security incident response in a cross-functional environment and drive incident resolution for internal and external threats
Design and implement attack testing automation to validate detection coverage
Build logging pipelines using our custom datasets and infrastructure
Track threat clusters posing threats to Meta's infrastructure and employees
Improve the tooling of threat cluster tracking and intelligence data integration to existing systems and various intelligence feeds
Minimum Qualifications:
Must be in the process of obtaining a BS or MS in Computer Science or related field
Experience analyzing network and host-based security events
Knowledge of networking technologies, specifically TCP/IP and the related protocols
Knowledge of operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, MacOS and Linux
Coding/scripting experience in one or more general purpose languages
Experience with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures
Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Preferred Qualifications:
Intent to return to full-time degree program after completion of the internship
Experience in Detection & Response Engineering or similar Security Engineering role
Experience designing systems used for responding to external and/or insider threats
Experience building automations and integrations using SOAR platforms
Background in security-focused software engineering, designing large scale systems and data pipelines, or offensive security
Experience in threat hunting including leveraging intelligence data to proactively identify and iteratively investigates suspicious behavior across networks and systems
Experience with anomaly detection applicable to the insider threat detection space
Familiarity with campaign tracking techniques and skills to convert the tracking results to long term countermeasures
Familiarity with threat modeling framework, such as Diamond Model and/or MITRE ATT&CK framework
Experience with intelligence-driven threat hunting to spot suspicious activities and identify potential risks, and experience with building notebooks to automate such hunts
Broad knowledge across the Security domain, as well as deep focus in one (or more) areas such as Logs and events processing, Incident Management, Digital Forensics, Offensive Security Testing, Detection and/or Response tooling development
About 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 accommodations-ext@fb.com.
$7,313/month to $11,293/month + benefits
Individual 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.
