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Infrastructure Security Monitoring Engineer

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Compensation
$154–217K/yr
Location
Seattle, WA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Meta’s Infrastructure Security Monitoring team seeks an experienced engineer to build, implement, and operationally support detections across its infrastructure. The role focuses on developing scalable detection opportunities and security solutions, including DDoS detection, security tooling, and defenses against internal and external attacks. The engineer will help protect Meta’s infrastructure and users while contributing to security outcomes.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Security Tool Development, requiredSecurity Automation, requiredProgramming, requiredDefensive Security Systems, requiredSecurity Monitoring, requiredThreat Hunting, nice to haveThreat Intelligence, nice to haveIntrusion Detection, nice to haveSecurity Investigations, nice to haveIncident Response, nice to haveMITRE ATT&CK, nice to havePrompt Engineering, nice to haveAgent Orchestration, nice to haveResponsible AI, nice to haveRisk Assessment, nice to haveBias Mitigation, nice to haveAI Workflow Integration, nice to haveAnomaly Detection, nice to haveMentoring, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Related Field or Equivalent, required3+ Years Development Experience, required4+ Years Security or Systems Engineering Experience, required

Full job description

Summary:

Meta's Infrastructure Security Monitoring (ISM) team is seeking an experienced engineer to help secure the infrastructure that connects over a billion users. You will be responsible for building, implementing and operationally supporting detections throughout our infrastructure. We are looking for a candidate with experience in security and a drive to develop innovative solutions, who will research and develop new solutions to help protect our infrastructure and our users. This candidate should have experience identifying scalable detection opportunities, codifying their ideas and be motivated to defend infrastructure against malicious actors. With focuses that range from large-scale DDoS detection, security tool development, and defense against internal and external attacks you will have the opportunity to develop your skills across these areas while contributing to meaningful security outcomes.

Required Skills:

Infrastructure Security Monitoring Engineer Responsibilities:

  1. Iterate security posture to better protect against attacks and detect new vectors

  2. Lead efforts to mitigate and investigate security incidents

  3. Utilize frameworks to develop and scale detection, mitigation and response automation tooling

  4. Evaluate and test new vendor and home-grown initiatives for security issues

  5. Mentor and evangelize security practices through cross functional work with engineering teams throughout Meta

  6. Keep Meta safe through active operation and defense of critical infrastructure

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

  2. Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

  3. 3+ years of development experience in at least one programming language (Python, Go, etc.) with the ability to apply that to security tool development, automation, and overall programmatic solutions that will be used to defend infrastructure

  4. 4+ year of experience in offensive/defensive security or systems engineering

  5. Experience researching, building, and implementing defensive security systems that are used against internal and external attack vectors

  6. Experience designing and building out application, system and network security monitoring to aid in detection or forensic investigations

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience threat hunting, i.e. using threat intel to proactively and iteratively investigate potential risks and finding suspicious behavior

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

  3. Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK Framework and associated threat actor techniques

  4. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

  5. Experience developing automation and utilizing frameworks to scale detection, mitigation or response tools

  6. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

  7. Experience developing baselines and investigating anomalies in order to identify suspicious behavior

  8. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

  9. Experience mentoring and promoting industry security practices

Public Compensation:

$154,000/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

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 [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 4,329 open Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$154–217K/yr
  • Washington median$159–220K/yr257 salary ranges
  • US median$132–208K/yr3,469 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $186K, is close to the Washington median midpoint ($186K) — in the middle half of Security Engineer salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 287 open Security Engineer jobs in Washington and 4,329 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,707 postings).
Education
1,171 of the 4,329 open Security Engineer jobs (27%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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