Senior Detection and Response Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
today

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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 1882 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Detection and Response Engineer

As a Senior Detection and Response Engineer at Anduril's Information Security team, you will design and implement cutting-edge security architecture to protect the company’s advanced defense technology products. Your day-to-day responsibilities include collaborating with Counter Intelligence and Insider Threat teams to develop key signals for identifying nefarious activity, supporting internal tooling that surfaces detections in real time, and leading threat modeling scenarios to understand weaknesses across various environments. You will also build tailored detection signatures using detection-as-code principles and contribute to the development of UEBA capabilities to surface insider threats. The role requires experience with programming languages like Python or Go, data analysis in large-scale data lakes, infrastructure as code deployment tools such as Terraform, and a deep understanding of adversarial tradecraft. Additionally, you must have extensive knowledge of AWS/Azure security controls and strong communication skills for collaboration across multiple teams.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement cutting-edge security architecture for defensive controls.
  • Develop key signals and capabilities to identify nefarious activity with Counter Intelligence teams.
  • Build tailored detection signatures and response automation using detection-as-code principles.
  • Lead threat modeling scenarios to understand weaknesses across various environments.
  • Contribute to the development of UEBA capabilities, including baselining and anomaly detection.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience utilizing AWS and Azure security controls and services.
  • Deep understanding of adversarial tradecraft, focusing on counterintelligence and insider threat tactics.
  • Experience programming in Python, Go, Rust, SQL, or similar languages.
  • Strong background in deploying infrastructure as code using Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation.
  • Proven ability to conduct data analysis in large-scale data lake environments.
  • Excellent communication skills for collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

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