Security Engineering Manager - Surface Coverage, Detection Engineering
Job in
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, 50319, USA
Listing for:
Meta
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-01-02
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer
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Engineering
Cybersecurity, Systems Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 184000 - 257000 USD Yearly
USD
184000.00
257000.00
YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Summary
Meta’s security team is the central engine driving data and system security. We work across all parts of the company, from corporate infrastructure to production to external services, interfacing with nearly every team in the company. We are looking for a Security Engineering Manager with experience supporting teams of engineers who focus on threat modeling, TTP identification, and detection engineering securing Meta’s surfaces.
You’ll support a team of security engineers who work alongside Software Engineers and Offensive Security Engineers to identify critical assets, assess the top risks, and evaluate potential attacks against Meta systems. You will be working across engineering teams supporting Meta’s Corporate, Cloud, and Production systems, serving over 3.2 billion daily active users, by supporting teams developing detection and response automation leveraging both industry-standard and custom detection and response platforms.
Engineers on the Surface Coverage team generate detection ideas utilizing some of the world’s largest data sets and build on top of hyper-scale data pipelines.
Required Skills
Influence and align the organization’s vision and strategy, while engaging your team to develop and deliver specific, multi-year roadmaps, programs, and projects. Ensure prioritization, resourcing, and timely delivery of this work within a changing business environmentMeasure the impact of your team and set clear expectations and goalsPartner with leadership to influence and drive org design, contribution and prioritizationParticipate in technical design and strategyLead and guide engineering practices to sustain a high performance teamIntegrate security in a constantly evolving environment where process is fluid and creative solutions are the normBuild, cultivate, and maintain positive relationships with cross-functional partners to enable the team to effectively and efficiently execute on project workHire, grow, and build a high performing team to achieve the team’s missionWork across partners in Product Management, Data Science, and Data Engineering to design and iterate on metrics and goals related to attack enumeration and detection coverage and validationMinimum Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience in Security8+ years of experience in Security or Software Engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on technical management in security engineering or security software engineering in product-driven environmentsProven track record of supporting security research, engineering, or other technical teamsDemonstrated experience in working across organizational boundaries to achieve company-wide impactExperience leading and managing complex cross-functional programsExperience designing systems used for responding to both external and insider threatsKnowledge of operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, MacOS and LinuxScripting experience with an interpreted programming language (PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, etc)Experience with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures and detection strategiesBroad knowledge across the security, systems design, offensive security, and detection engineering domainsPreferred Qualifications
Expertise in one or more Security domains, experience with Public Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) and large scale containerized environments is a significant plusBackground in security-focused software engineering, designing large scale systems and data pipelines, or in offensive securityExperience in threat hunting including leveraging intelligence data to proactively identify and iteratively investigate suspicious behavior across networks and systemsBroad knowledge across the Security domain, as well as deep focus in one (or more) areas such as log and events processing, Incident Management, Offensive Security, Detection and/or Response tooling developmentPublic Compensation
$184,000/year to $257,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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,…
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