Security Operations Analyst

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WACosta Mesa, CA
Salary: $147,000–$196,000 / yr
Posted: 67 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 901 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Security Operations Analyst

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The Security Operations Analyst joins the Detection and Response team to monitor and respond to adversarial activity across critical defense technologies. This role involves triaging alerts related to phishing, endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS applications while building tailored detection signatures and response playbooks using detection-as-code principles. The analyst will conduct threat hunting, data normalization, and threat modeling to identify anomalies and improve security controls. Required technical skills include Python development for SOC automation, proficiency in SIEM languages like SPL, KQL, or SQL, and experience analyzing large data sets in a data lake environment. The position requires broad knowledge of attacker TTPs across Windows, Linux, MacOS, and AWS/Azure environments to protect complex defense systems and infrastructure.

Skills

Python SQL KQL SPL AWS Azure GCP SIEM Detection-as-Code Incident Response Threat Hunting Digital Forensics Reverse Engineering Linux Windows MacOS Cloud Infrastructure Data Lake

What you'll do

Triage and respond to security incidents involving phishing, endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS applications.
Build and optimize detection signatures, response playbooks, and automation using detection-as-code principles.
Lead the feedback loop for detections to fine-tune alerts and reduce false positives.
Participate in threat modeling scenarios to identify weaknesses and incorporate findings into security controls.
Conduct threat hunting and data baselines to identify anomalous patterns in large data sets.
Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to security events and conduct incident investigations.
Serve as an incident commander to lead response efforts and communicate findings to stakeholders.
Mentor and guide junior analysts on detection and response maturity.

What we're looking for

Experience in security monitoring, log analysis, and detection engineering across endpoint, network, and application log sources.
Experience in Python development for automating SOC operations within a shared codebase.
Experience with one or more SIEM languages such as SPL, KQL, or SQL.
Experience conducting analysis in a data lake environment.
Broad practical security knowledge across endpoint, network, identity, application, and cloud infrastructure.
Knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) across Windows, Linux, MacOS, AWS, and Azure.
Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
Experience conducting incident response in the Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) (preferred).
Digital Forensics and/or reverse engineering experience (preferred).

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