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META

Threat Intelligence Analyst

META, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022


Summary:

The Integrity, Investigations, Intelligence, and Events (i3E) team at Meta is dedicated to protecting the users of our family of applications (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus) from a multitude of threats including: criminal organizations, human trafficking and exploitation, and scams/fraud. We are seeking security analysts to investigate sophisticated threat actors, advance investigative methods, automate and mature team processes through tooling, and use innovative approaches to protecting people from offline harm. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging, complicated, and high-visibility risks the company is facing.We are seeking an experienced analyst with expertise in writing and briefing, applying the intelligence cycle, working across a large set of stakeholders to implement change, anticipating how threats will evolve, and recommending innovative mitigations. The role will cover a range of adversarial behaviors, to include dangerous organizations and individuals, influence operations, non-state violent organizations, and other cyber-supported abuses. The ideal candidate will be an innovative self-starter, who is motivated by our mission and results-driven and will be able to extract, assimilate, and correlate a wide variety of data in order to surface, analyze, and disrupt threat actors across multiple spaces. Successful candidates must be comfortable with various technical investigative skills; proficiency in SQL preferred.

Required Skills:

Threat Intelligence Analyst Responsibilities:

Investigate adversarial threat behaviors to understand how abuse manifests on Meta’s platforms and the wider information ecosystem

Lead a portfolio of investigative research to include identifying abuse trends, understanding adversarial behavior, and designing forward-looking enforcement strategies to mitigate harm

Leverage geopolitical, cultural and societal context in the application of this work

Proactively hunt for threats and undetected abuse by leveraging internal data sets, open-source intelligence, and third-party private intelligence

Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to advance investigations, quantify trends and support findings with clear, concise evidence

Take a leadership role in suggesting, prototyping, and teaching novel investigative techniques and analytic methodologies

Apply operational rigor to investigations, analysis, and programs while looking for strategic improvement opportunities

This role involves exposure to graphic and/or objectionable content including but not limited to graphic images, videos and writings, offensive or derogatory language, and other potential objectionable material, i.e. child exploitation, graphic violence, self-injury, animal abuse, and other content which may be considered offensive or disturbing

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years work experience performing security investigations in government, intelligence, cyber security, journalism and/or private sector organizations

Experience leveraging SQL, OSINT, and network security concepts in an investigative context

Adept at developing multi-source, evidence-based findings and communicating them to senior audiences

Experience working on high-impact threats under compressed timelines

Experience prioritizing and executing with minimal direction or oversight

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working with Python, PHP, or similar scripting languages

Proven experience conducting large scale data analysis and utilizing big data tools such as Jupyter Notebook, Maltego, Palantir, etc.

Experience working or managing projects that have enterprise-wide impact and/or multi-organization cross functional stakeholders

Experience working with a team spanning multiple locations/time zones

Experience with open source investigation techniques and familiarity with a variety of internet research tools

MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity or related field

Public Compensation:

$137,000/year to $196,000/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 accommodations-ext@fb.com.