Security Data Engineer

Anduril Industries; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits

Highly competitive equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Seattle is seeking a Security Data Engineer to build visibility and protect the infrastructure around advanced defense technologies. This role involves architecting log aggregation pipelines, developing a centralized security data lake, and implementing ETL processes. Ideal candidates should have experience with data lake architectures, ETL tools, and strong programming skills in languages such as Go or Java.

The ideal engineer will also need eligibility for a U.S. TS clearance and be capable of owning complex projects autonomously. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with data lake architectures and best practices for security data management.
• Experience with ETL tools and processes for large-scale data environments.
• Strong programming skills in one or more general-purpose languages.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement log aggregation pipelines for Anduril infrastructure and applications.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a security data lake.
• Design and implement ETL processes for security data.

Skills

Data lake architectures

ETL processes

Programming (Go, Rust, Java/Scala)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CDK)

Cloud environments

CI/CD pipelines

Autonomous project ownership

Education

Eligibility for U.S. TS clearance

Tools

Spark

DuckDB

AWS security tools

Azure security tools

GCP security tools

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

Anduril's Information Security team is looking for a security data engineer to focus on building visibility across Anduril to protect the infrastructure around our advanced defense technology products. This is a role with wide berth that will have the latitude to design and implement cutting edge data pipelines to support all internal security teams.

What You'll Do

• Architect and implement log aggregation pipelines for Anduril infrastructure and applications
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a security data lake for centralized security data management
• Design and implement ETL processes for security data ingestion, transformation, and storage
• Collaborate with teams to establish best practices for data usage (e.g., search functionality)

Required Qualifications

• Familiarity with data lake architectures and best practices for security data management
• Experience with ETL tools and processes for large-scale data environments (Spark, DuckDB, etc)
• Strong programming skills in one or more general-purpose languages (Go, Rust, Java/Scala, etc.)
• Familiarity with one or more infrastructure as code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK, Pulumi) in a production capacity
• Ability to develop and maintain systems in cloud environments and familiarity with deploying code through CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of complex projects
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building high-volume log ingestion and storage pipelines
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP security ecosystems and tooling
• Experience with supporting multiple access patterns for data stored in various formats (using tools other than Splunk)
• Experience with open tables formats like Iceberg or Delta Lake

US Salary Range

$129,000—$220,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

Data Privacy

To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third‑party service provider to conduct pre‑employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third‑party service provider provides risk‑intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public‑record information, and other lawful open‑source or commercial data sources. This third‑party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.