Senior Network Security Engineer

Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators. 

At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there. 

A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.

Roblox runs a global scale network with a number of data centers and public clouds to provide services to millions of users, and creates a broad threat landscape. As a Senior Network Security Engineer, you will help shape and implement our network security strategy and controls. You'll have a big impact while collaborating with security and cross-functional teams to secure our networks, protect our services and platforms.

As a Senior Network Security Engineer, you will be part of the Platform Security team, reporting to the Director of Platform Security. You’ll work closely with other people in the Information Security (InfoSec) team as well as partner with multiple Roblox infrastructure engineering teams.

You will:

• Design and implement protection and detection solutions to protect Roblox’s networks from external threats and internal risks.
• Identify security vulnerabilities & gaps in our network infrastructure and partner with our infrastructure teams on improvements.
• Provide design reviews & guidelines from network security perspective for Roblox’s tools, services, and platforms.

You have:

• 4+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience writing and maintaining code in at least one programming language such as Python, Golang or C#, and you are eager to learn new languages and technologies.
• Deep understanding of data center and cloud network architectures, network security concepts, best practices, and network defense techniques!
• In-depth knowledge of Network routings and protocols (TCP/UDP, DHCP, DNS, etc.), attack vectors, techniques, and remediations.
• Hands-on experience with L4/L7 network proxies is a plus.
• Understanding of advanced packet processing technologies and frameworks, such as DPDK, eBPF, etc. is a plus.

You are:

• Collaborative: You love working with your direct team and cross-functional partners.
• Thoughtful of build vs. buy decisions: You can build solutions, but you also review what tools are available.
• Comfortable with ambiguity: You can gather data and make informed decisions when there is no clear answer.
• Eager to solve hard problems: You challenge the status quo when it no longer makes sense, and don’t shy away from big challenges.

For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.

Annual Salary Range$218,540—$283,780 USD

Roles that are based in our San Mateo, CA Headquarters are in-office Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional in-office on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).

You’ll Love: 

• Industry-leading compensation package
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A rewarding 401k program
• Flexible vacation policy (varies by exemption status)
• Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy 
• Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
• At Roblox HQ: 
• Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
• Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
• Annual CalTrain Go Pass

Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.