IDC Security Engineer

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.

Responsibilities

• Work with basic security concepts and terminology such as the CIA triad, industry best practices, risk, vulnerability, threat, attack vectors, encryption, encoding, and various types of threat actors.
• Creating incident reports, process documentation, and interacting with stakeholders.
• Consume policy documentation and determine applicability in a network.
• Evaluate existing and new technologies, work with key cross functional partners to establish security standards for infrastructure technology projects and supporting procedures.
• Take part in cross-functional team initiatives to identify and prioritize opportunities to reduce risk to our data center infrastructure.
• Identify improvements to processes and workflows, related to physical and logical data protection.
• Work with partner teams to engineer solutions related to data protection.
• Collaborate with Information Security, Network Security and compliance teams to validate that Data Center design, processes and procedures align with broader Facebook policies, standards and requirements.
• Assist in investigating complex technical matters on a global scale; spanning multiple disciplines such as storage technologies, network security, identity management, data destruction methodologies, and workflow integration.
• Leverage metrics to inform decisions as to what to prioritize and how to approach a given problem.
• Educate partners on standards and policies, drive overall security awareness and program communication.
• Domestic and International Travel 30% required.
• Telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S. allowed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cyber Security or related field
• Requires completion of a graduate-level course, research project or internship involving the following:
• Understanding of security strategies, principles, and practices
• Understanding and awareness of prevailing industry standards and guidelines
• Security risk management
• Threat modeling
• Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control
• System architecture and protocols
• SQL and scripting languages such as python
• Ability to assess security risk and communicate information about security requirements, threats and vulnerabilities to inform business decisions and derive strategy
• Establishing, scaling, and maturing security projects and programs

$221,578/year to $261,800/year + bonus + equity + benefits