Threat Investigator- Youth Safety, i3E

Threat Investigator–Youth Safety, i3E

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Within Meta’s Integrity, Investigations, Intelligence, and Events (i3E) teams, we protect the users of our family of applications—including Facebook, Instagram, Whats App, and Oculus—from a wide range of threats such as criminal organizations, human trafficking, exploitation, scams, and fraud.

We are seeking a security analyst‑threat investigator to investigate sophisticated threat actors, develop investigative methods, automate and mature team processes through tooling, and employ innovative approaches to protect people from offline harm. In this role you will work on some of the most challenging, complicated, and high‑visibility risks Meta faces, while driving the understanding and mitigation of child sexual abuse and exploitation across our platforms.

• Investigate complex child sexual exploitation operations to understand how abuse manifests on Meta’s platforms and the wider information ecosystem.
• Lead a portfolio of investigative research, including identifying abuse trends, understanding adversarial behavior, and designing forward‑looking enforcement strategies to mitigate harm.
• 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.
• Apply analytical rigor to investigations, analysis, and programs while seeking strategic improvement opportunities.
• This role involves exposure to graphic and/or objectionable content—including but not limited to graphic images, videos, writings, offensive or derogatory language, and other content that may be considered offensive or disturbing.

• 2+ years of work experience performing security investigations in government, intelligence, cybersecurity, journalism, and/or private sector organizations.
• Subject‑matter expertise or prior work experience in child safety‑based laws or policies (e.g., intelligence, law enforcement, legal analysis, or NGO).
• Experience with open‑source investigation techniques and familiarity with a variety of internet research tools.
• Experience leveraging SQL, OSINT, and network security concepts in an investigative context.
• Adept at developing multi‑source, evidence‑based findings and communicating them to varied audiences.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent work experience in information security.

• Experience conducting large‑scale data analysis and utilizing big data tools such as Jupyter Notebook, Maltego, Palantir, etc.
• Experience working on high‑impact threats under compressed timelines.
• 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.

$/yr – $/yr

Full‑time

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.

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