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Meta

LINCS Security Engineer

$162K–$227K

Temple, TX +5 · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026

Location
Temple, TX
Papillion, NE
Aurora, IL
Garland, TX
Huntsville, AL
Houston, TX
Experience
7+ years in network security, infrastructure security, or telecommunications security.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. The posting also states a related field degree or equivalent additional experience.

About the job

Manages security risk and engineers physical, network, and logical security programs across Meta’s global infrastructure, including data centers, edge, backbone, subsea, and supply chain.

What you'll do

  • Assess security threats, vulnerabilities, and control effectiveness to inform risk management and security strategy.
  • Implement and improve security and compliance programs, access management, and oversight of leased and cloud-delegated security.
  • Engineer security solutions and guidance across infrastructure and integrate them throughout the data center lifecycle.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; the posting also lists a related degree or equivalent additional experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in network, infrastructure, or telecommunications security, with ownership of security programs in large-scale network environments.
  • Experience across multiple security domains and supporting large-scale or mission-critical infrastructure and operations.
  • Basic understanding of network engineering fundamentals and network security architecture; ability to integrate AI tools to improve workflows and measurable impact.

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in a related field.
  • Experience with hyperscale data center programs, incident response, enterprise-wide projects, industry standards, and responsible AI practices.

Pay

$162,000/year to $227,000/year (base salary)

Tools

TCP/IP

AI focus

Integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and deliver measurable impact; continue AI skill development, including prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration, and apply responsible, ethical AI practices.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)