Offensive Security Engineer

Meta's Offensive Security Group is seeking an experienced Offensive Security Engineer to join our team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for executing tactical, offensive assessments across various environments, emulating internal and external threats, and driving remediations to improve the organization's security posture.Offensive Security Engineer Responsibilities

• Conduct offensive security engagements, including Red Team operations, threat-based evaluations, and vulnerability research and exploitation against both internal and external facing systems
• Design, scope, and lead complex technical assessments, Purple Team Engagements, and other security initiatives to test attack detection and prevention effectiveness
• Automate portions of assessments, scoping, or other offensive security work to inform and drive our engagements
• Incorporate Threat Intelligence research to track APT trends and help partners test their environments against new and emerging threats
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Incident Response, Product Security, and other security partners, to align remediation efforts and drive fixes after testing cycles
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal customers to identify and facilitate solutions to increase the impact of the team's work
• Influence and align the team’s strategy, and collaboratively prioritize and deliver specific multi-year roadmaps and projects
• Coach, mentor, support and care for the team in a way that enables long-term career development, happiness and success at scale

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Information Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, Cyber Security, Information Assurance, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in Red Team Security Testing, Penetration Testing, and/or Cyber Threat Hunting
• Demonstrated coding/scripting skills in one or more general purpose languages

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributions to the security community (public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty, tooling, etc)
• Track record of participation in Capture The Flag competitions
• Offensive Security Certified Professional(OSCP) certification, or equivalent
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure) and operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS)
• Understanding of attack surfaces for enterprise systems and services
• Experience working closely with defenders to identify and fix problems

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$147,000/year to $208,000/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.

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