Identity & Access Security Engineer – IAM Specialist

Anduril-1; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries seeks a Security Engineer specializing in Identity and Access Management in Washington, DC. You will build and maintain a scalable identity engine and integrate IdPs, cloud services, and internal systems to strengthen our defense software stack.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration across teams, and delivering iteratively with strong focus on architecture and secure design principles. Salary ranges reflect US market compensation.

Qualifications

• Strong programming ability in Go, Rust, and similar languages.
• Production experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK.
• Experience with identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, OAuth) or IdPs (Okta, Azure AD).
• Ability to translate system design requirements into clean, maintainable implementations.
• Experience leading or contributing to architecture and design reviews.
• Experience with cloud platforms and deploying apps via CI/CD pipelines.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Build an identity engine that powers the whole company and supercharges our security program.
• Create applications that enable and enforce our identity framework across the company.
• Develop integrations that unify identities across IdPs, cloud providers, SaaS tools, and internal systems.
• Automate identity lifecycle operations: provisioning, access reviews, offboarding.
• Collaborate with other IAM engineers and partner teams to define architecture and ship iteratively.

Skills

Go

Rust

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms

Identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM,

Okta/Azure AD

Autonomy & ownership

Architecture reviews

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

Job description

Anduril Industries seeks a Security Engineer specializing in Identity and Access Management in Washington, DC. You will build and maintain a scalable identity engine and integrate IdPs, cloud services, and internal systems to strengthen our defense software stack.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration across teams, and delivering iteratively with strong focus on architecture and secure design principles. Salary ranges reflect US market compensation.