Threat Investigator, Human Exploitation Team

The Integrity, Investigations, and Intelligence (i3) teams at Meta are 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 a security analyst - threat investigator 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 security analyst to help drive our understanding and mitigation of human trafficking and smuggling networks on our family of apps.

In addition to investigating complex threats, the ideal candidate will have an eye towards advancing investigative methods, and using innovative research approaches to prevent harm to children on our platforms.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.

Threat Investigator, Human Exploitation Team Responsibilities

• Investigate complex human exploitation operations 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

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

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

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

Subject matter expertise or prior work experience in human trafficking based laws or policies (i.e intelligence, law enforcement, legal analysis, or NGO)

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

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

Proficient in SQL

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

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

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About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect.

Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

$137,000/year to $196,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable.

In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.