Senior Detection & Response Engineer

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Salary
$166,000–$220,000 / yr
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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 & Response Engineer

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As a Senior Detection and Response Engineer at Anduril, you will join the Information Security team to build advanced defensive controls for protecting infrastructure around their defense technology products. Your role involves providing technical leadership in detection and response strategies, collaborating with product security and engineering teams to implement cutting-edge security frameworks, conducting threat modeling across various environments, and leading large-scale data baseline projects. You will also contribute to developing automation and infrastructure capabilities using detection-as-code practices. The ideal candidate has experience in programming languages like Python or SQL, working with cloud services such as AWS and Azure, deploying infrastructure as code, and understanding attacker tactics. Familiarity with Kubernetes and proactive threat hunting is a plus. This role demands strong knowledge of security controls and the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams to enhance detection and response capabilities at scale.

Skills

Python SQL Go Rust Terraform CDK CloudFormation AWS Azure CI/CD Kubernetes Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Provide technical leadership for advancing detection and response capabilities.
  • Design and implement security frameworks for Anduril’s products and assets.
  • Lead threat modeling to identify weaknesses in OT, Cloud, Network, Endpoints.
  • Develop large-scale data baselines and signals for detections and telemetry.
  • Contribute to the development of detection-as-code and automation capabilities.

What we're looking for

  • Programming experience in Python, SQL, Go, Rust, or similar languages.
  • Experience conducting data analysis in large-scale data lake environments.
  • Proficiency in deploying infrastructure as code using Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS and Azure security controls and services.
  • Extensive understanding of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
  • Top Secret security clearance required.

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