Threat Investigator

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

**Summary:**

The threat intelligence teams at Facebook are dedicated to protecting the users of our family of applications (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus) by leading intelligence development and integration, as well as deep dive investigations to illuminate adversarial threats, deliver cross-problem awareness, and drive mitigation capabilities. We are a mission driven team with a passion for protecting people. We are seeking an experienced analyst/investigator with deep experience using the intel cycle, working across a large set of stakeholders, to protect people, to understand how threats manifest, and to recommend sophisticated and innovative mitigations against the range of 21st century threats including influence operations, non-state violent organizations and cyber-supported abuses. You will have the opportunity to work on the most challenging, complicated, and high-visibility security risks the company is facing. The impact of your work will be substantial, as outcomes could affect the billions of people who use our products. The ideal candidate will be an innovative self-starter, who is motivated by our mission and results driven.

**Required Skills:**

1. Lead development and implementation of intel cycle across a range of internal stakeholders.

2. Illuminate threats within an ecosystem, across problems, clearly explaining emerging trends with an emphasis on geo-political, cultural or societal specific differences.

3. Inform effective strategies to prevent or disrupt abuse at scale and consult on mitigations to effect those strategies.

4. Proactively hunt for currently undetected abuse by leveraging internal data, open-source intelligence and third party private intelligence.

5. Investigate complex cases to understand attribution and identify enforcement strategies.

6. Inform the company's understanding of previously unidentified threat types through the production of strategic and tactical intelligence, and its dissemination to the appropriate audiences.

7. Address sensitive content issues, including but not limited to graphic images, videos and writings, offensive or derogatory language, and other objectionable material.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

8. 5+ years of experience working in government intelligence, international geo-political, cybersecurity, or human rights functions

9. Experience contributing to tactical and strategic finished intelligence on geopolitical, cyber and/or violent actor behaviors and activities

10. Experience with data analysis tools and techniques

11. Experience investigating and acting on high-impact threats and online threat actors

12. Experience thinking critically and qualify assessments with solid communications skills

13. Proven track record of managing and executing on short-term and long-term projects

14. Experience prioritizing tasks, projects, and investigative needs and execute with minimal direction or oversight

**Preferred Qualifications:**

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

16. Experience working with a team spanning multiple locations/time zones

17. Experience thinking like the adversary, and to anticipate threat actors' moves

18. Regional knowledge and/or language skills

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

20. BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity or related field

**Industry:** Internet

**Equal Opportunity:** Facebook is proud to be an Equal 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. Facebook 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.

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