Meta’s Offensive Security Group is looking for a Purple Team Offensive Security Engineer that use their in-depth subject-matter knowledge to test attack detection and prevention effectiveness across our environments. Candidates are expected to scope, prepare, and deliver technology-oriented assessments that positively benefit the overall security posture of the organization. This role requires a desire to help drive fixes after testing cycles, both as short-term mitigations and long-term improvements. This position offers a variety of technical security challenges; self-starters and those with a passion for the security field are encouraged to apply!

Offensive Security Engineer, Purple Team Responsibilities

Design, scope, and lead Purple Team Engagements focused on working with partners to execute relevant Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures to provide information used to harden protections.

Automate the creation of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, portions of engagements, and other offensive security work to inform and drive our engagements.

Incorporate Threat Intelligence research to track APT trends and help our partners test their environments against new and emerging threats.

Work with Incident Response, Product Security, and other security partners to align remediation efforts that best protect the company.

Understand not only how something works on a in-depth, technical level, but also how it can be used for unintended purposes as an attacker.

Minimum Qualifications

4+ years of experience Red Teaming, Penetration Testing, and/or Cyber Threat Hunting.

Coding/scripting experience in one or more general purpose languages.

Knowledge of at least one cloud computing platform (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

Knowledge of server (Linux, Windows) and client (Windows, macOS, Linux) operating systems.

Knowledge and understanding of attack surfaces for enterprise systems and services.

Experience working closely with defenders to identify and fix problems.

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Information Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, Cyber Security, Information Assurance, related field, or 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience performing and leading closed source and code assisted assessments.

Experience with complex, multi-stage, multi-person engagements for internal partners.

Experience building infrastructure using DevOps technologies and concepts to support offensive security teams.

Background in intrusion detection, security investigations, and incident response.

Experience “threat hunting” (i.e., using threat intel to proactively and iteratively investigate these potential risks and finding suspicious behavior in the network).

OSCP certification, or equivalent.

Track record of participation in capture the flag (CTF) competitions.

Contributions to the security community (e.g., public research, blogging, presentations, bug bounty, tooling, etc.).

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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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Offensive Security Engineer

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