Security Data Engineer

Slope; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Security Data Engineer to architect and implement log aggregation pipelines, contributing to a centralized security data lake. This role requires strong programming skills, experience with ETL tools, and familiarity with data lake architectures.

The ideal candidate exhibits autonomy and must be able to obtain U.S. TS clearance. The position offers a competitive salary range of $129,000 — $220,000, with comprehensive benefits to support employee well-being.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with data lake architectures for security data management.
• Experience with ETL tools for large-scale data environments.
• Strong programming skills in one or more programming languages.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code languages in production.
• Ability to develop and maintain systems in cloud environments.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage complex projects.
• Must be eligible for U.S. TS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement log aggregation pipelines.
• Contribute to development of a security data lake.
• Design ETL processes for data ingestion and storage.
• Establish data usage best practices.

Skills

Data lake architectures

ETL tools (Spark, DuckDB)

Programming (Go, Rust, Java/Scala)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CDK)

Cloud environments

CI/CD pipelines

Autonomy and ownership

Tools

Iceberg

Delta Lake

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

US Salary Range: $129,000 — $220,000 USD.

Benefits

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.