Offensive Security Engineer, Purple Team

Meta

📍 Washington, DC, United States

Full-time other-general Posted February 28, 2026

Job Description

**Summary:**
Meta's Offensive Security Group is seeking an experienced Offensive Security Engineer to join our team. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for executing tactical, offensive assessments across various environments, emulating internal and external threats, and driving remediations to improve the organization's security posture.
**Required Skills:**
Offensive Security Engineer, Purple Team Responsibilities:
1. Conduct offensive security engagements, including Red Team operations, threat-based evaluations, and vulnerability research and exploitation against both internal and external facing systems
2. Design, scope, and lead complex technical assessments, Purple Team Engagements, and other security initiatives to test attack detection and prevention effectiveness
3. Automate portions of assessments, scoping, or other offensive security work to inform and drive our engagements
4. Incorporate Threat Intelligence research to track APT tr...