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Security Engineer, Incident Response

Meta · Security, Software Engineering, Engineering, Data Science, Technical Security, Privacy

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Posted on 3 November 2026

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Meta Security is looking for an Incident Response Engineer with experience coordinating, investigating and responding to internal and external threats. You will help the team establish, lead and execute multi-year roadmaps to mature investigative and response services, drawing upon automation and cross functional partnerships to create scalable and resilient operational capabilities.Responsibilities

Conduct security investigations and lead security incident response in a cross-functional environment and drive incident resolution

Develop Incident Response initiatives that improve our capabilities to effectively respond and remediate security incidents

Refine operational metrics, key performance indicators, and service level objectives to measure Security Operations and Incident Response services

Influence and align the team’s vision and strategy. Collaboratively prioritize and deliver specific multi-year roadmaps and projects

Build, cultivate, and maintain positive relationships with internal customers to identify and facilitate solutions to increase the impact of the team's work

Partner with cross-functional teams to solve challenges related to a broad spectrum of detection and response initiatives

Collaborate with software and production engineering teams to develop scalable and flexible Incident Response and Investigative solutions

Focus on ruthlessly prioritizing, automating and scaling every aspect of our detection and response capabilities

Coach and mentor team members to support their professional growth and long-term career development

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of work experience in Security Incident Response and Detection & Response Engineering in a large, regulated organization

Be a technical and process subject matter expert regarding Security Operations and Incident Response services

Experience developing and delivering information on incident and program status for leadership

Experience leading and managing complex cross-functional programs

Experience responding to both external and insider threats

Experience analyzing network and host-based security events

Knowledge of networking technologies, specifically TCP/IP and the related protocols

Knowledge of operating systems, file systems, and memory structures on Windows, MacOS and Linux

Coding/scripting experience in one or more general purpose languages

Experience with attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

Broad knowledge across the Security domain, as well as deep focus in one (or more) areas such as Logs and events processing, Incident Management, Digital Forensics, Detection and/or response tool development

Background in malware analysis, digital forensics, intrusion detection, and/or threat intelligence

Experience recruiting, building, and leading technical teams, including performance management

Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Experience in threat hunting including leveraging intelligence data to proactively identify and iteratively investigate suspicious behavior across networks and systems

Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

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Meta concentrates its European engineering in Dublin, London and Paris, working on infrastructure, AI and core product. Headcount has been volatile since 2022, so treat the size of the board as a snapshot rather than a trend.

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