Meta
Infrastructure Security Monitoring Engineer
$122K–$181K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in network security, network operations, or production engineering focused on threat detection or security monitoring.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; degree must be completed before joining Meta.
About the job
Designs and operates systems to detect, investigate, and help mitigate security threats across Meta’s global network infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain detection systems and automated pipelines for network telemetry and threats.
- Investigate network security incidents, analyze traffic, and document findings and retrospectives.
- Improve monitoring, alerting, network visibility, and response processes in collaboration with engineering and security teams.
What they ask for
- Experience developing detection or monitoring tooling in at least one programming language, such as Python, Go, or C++.
- Experience with TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, and network flow analysis.
- Experience building or operating network security monitoring systems and investigating network security incidents.
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development, responsible and ethical AI practices, and use of AI tools to improve workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience with stream processing or big data platforms such as Apache Kafka, Flink, or Spark.
- Experience applying machine learning to network anomaly detection or traffic classification.
Pay
$122,000/year to $181,000/year USD base salary
Tools
Python, Go, C++, TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, NetFlow, sFlow
AI focus
Develop AI skills and apply responsible AI practices; integrate AI tools to improve workflows. Machine learning for network anomaly detection or traffic classification is also mentioned.
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