Summary:
Meta is seeking an experienced Physical Security Engineer to join our security team within the Infrastructure Data Center (IDC) org as an individual contributor. As a key member of the team, you will play a critical role in managing both physical and logical security risks for our rapidly scaling global infrastructure and operations portfolio spanning data centers, edge, backbone, subsea, and supply chain. Our mission is to design, implement, and maintain robust physical and logical security systems that ensure business continuity, protect customer data, and assure compliance with Meta’s security policies and regulatory requirements.
Required Skills:
LINCS Security Engineer Responsibilities:
- Manage security risk across logical and physical security domains
- Assess security risks and communicate information about security threats and vulnerabilities to inform business decisions and drive strategy
- Own the implementation, ongoing maintenance, and continuous improvement of established physical security and compliance programs across Meta's infrastructure, beginning with owned facilities and extending to leased, cloud, edge, and subsea as those programs mature
- Run physical access management across owned and leased infrastructure, including quarterly access reviews and access automation, and help build a net-new capability for oversight of leased and cloud-delegated security, including recurring service level agreement validation of contracted terms and enforcement of violations
- Assess and report on the effectiveness of security controls to inform the security strategy, manage security risk, and enable business operations
- Engineer security solutions across physical, cyber, logical, and network domains that efficiently protect Meta's infrastructure from security threats at scale
- Develop and operationalize security guidance (e.g., standards, guidelines, playbooks) to align corporate policy, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements into a unified strategy
- Integrate security solutions throughout the entire data center lifecycle, including: planning, design, construction, operations, refresh, and decommissioning
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of experience in physical security design and infrastructure security with demonstrated ownership of security programs in large-scale network environments
- Experience working across multiple security domains, such as physical security and coordination with network, logical, and cybersecurity
- Experience in establishing, scaling, and maturing physical security projects and programs
- Experience supporting physical security for large-scale and/or mission-critical infrastructure and operations
- Basic understanding of network engineering fundamentals, such as TCP/IP, routing, network segmentation, authentication/authorization, secure remote access, and physical/logical security dependencies
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working directly in physical security design and/or network security design of hyperscale data center programs or other large-scale mission-critical infrastructure
- CPP, PSP, CISSP, or other relevant industry certifications
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Background in access controls, video surveillance, intrusion detection, physical security investigations, and incident response
- An advanced degree in security management, information security, engineering, or a related technical field
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Experience in assessing and modifying data center designs and operations to meet security compliance frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Experience working on or managing projects that have enterprise-wide impact and/or multi-organization, cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience in managing, executing, and delivering multiple complex projects and programs by prioritizing based on impact, deadlines, and stakeholder needs
- Experience in implementing and improving access management programs
Public Compensation:
$135,000/year to $191,000/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.
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