Security engineer red team operations group

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Springfield, IL

Summary:

Meta's Security team is looking for an Offensive Security Engineer that can deliver technical expertise for our Red Team Operations Group (RTOG) and execute tactical, offensive assessments across our environments. RTOG is responsible for running full-scope and objective-based Red Team operations across all of Meta's platforms, technologies, and infrastructure, often requiring creative and bespoke offensive security. By exploring the "unknown unknowns", RTOG provides the security organization a means of risk-based prioritization, improving the company's defensive posture as a result.This role requires a desire to help drive fixes with partners from the greater security organization after engagement execution, both as short-term mitigations and long-term improvements.

Required Skills:

Offensive Security Engineer, Red Team Operations Group Responsibilities:

Design, scope, and execute Red Team operations targeting both traditional and bespoke environments across Meta, evading preventions, detections, and response

Incorporate Threat Intelligence research to track APT trends and recreate their Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for operations and other offensive security testing

Perform research to identify new ways of achieving your mission, and then develop and test them for use on an operation

Work with Incident Response, Product Security, and other security partners to align remediation efforts that best protect the company

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years of experience running offensive security assessments, 2+ years of full-scope Red Team operations

Experience in owning, scoping, developing, and executing phases of Red Team Operations

Demonstrated ability in Red Team Operations to make tradeoffs in ambiguous situations by understanding the end-goal and propose concrete paths forward

Experience with both outside-in and assumed breach operations

Experience in tailored reconnaissance, weaponization, exploitation and lateral movement

Knowledge and understanding of attack surfaces for enterprise systems and services

Experience adapting open source and COTS offensive tooling to evade EDR/AV or otherwise adjust to a target environment

Experience developing reports and deliverables that provide stakeholders with meaningful information to address security issues, and when necessary translating technical concepts into language that is understood by broad technical and non-technical audiences

Knowledge of server (Linux, Windows) and client (Windows, macOS, Linux) operating systems

Demonstrated understanding of how offensive security is used to improve security

Experience in at least one of the following programming languages: Golang, Python, PHP, Hack, C, C++, Rust, Lua, Swift, or Java

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

5+ years of experience executing Red Team operations

Experience in leading and owning Red Team Operations end-to-end, and tasking other Red Team operators

Experience developing custom tools existing tools to support offensive security teams

An understanding of the ideas behind "designing for response" and how to make the most of Red Team Operations' components in the greater scheme of security organization needs

Knowledge of operational security across all phases of a Red Team operation, from infrastructure acquisition to noise level for specific TTPs, and how to de-risk them

Experience with Red Team operations in non-traditional environments

Experience setting up automated virtualized and test environments emulating the target environments

Experience working closely with defenders to identify and fix problems

Public Compensation:

$147,000/year to $208,000/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].

Posted 2025-10-24

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