Meta's security team is the central engine driving data and systems security at the company, supporting Meta and all of its family of apps. The organization is responsible for preventing malicious actors from compromising our environment as well as detecting and responding to them before they can do damage. We ensure that we are maintaining the protections we say we will, and engaging with the community to help those outside the company learn from the work we do. We work across all parts of the company, from the corporate infrastructure to production to external services, interfacing with nearly every team in the company.We are looking for an experienced Security Engineer to join our Identity, Authentication & Access Management (IAM) leadership team to drive cross-company initiatives to reduce access risk, while maintaining an acceptable balance of friction for our workforce.
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Security Engineer, Access Risk Responsibilities:
- Proactively identify and prioritize areas of access risk across the company.
- Lead major cross-company workstreams to deploy capabilities from multiple security teams to mitigate this risk.
- Understand technical implementation of Meta's highest-risk assets (eg. our social graph cache) and design appropriate solutions to reduce internal access risk.
- Understand how our workforce interacts with assets across the company, and pursue opportunities to reduce friction and help the company move fast.
- Work with policy and legal teams to strengthen our standards and governance, and software engineering teams to influence design of our core access control systems.
- Influence asset-owning teams and their leadership across Meta to adopt appropriate access control designs and operational processes.
- Understanding of how to manage security risks in a fast-moving environment
- Significant experience in driving large cross-company engineering initiatives
- Experience communicating and influencing across functions to drive solutions
- Experience delivering executive-level security strategies
- Engineering experience and capacity to understand and reason about complex technical systems
- B.S. Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of work experience in software or security engineering
- Practical experience with authorization or access management solutions
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.
$213,000/year to $293,000/year + bonus + equity + 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.