Security Operations Analyst

AI Chopping Block; Costa Mesa, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to act as the watchtower for defense technologies. You will monitor and respond to adversarial activity, help integrate key detection feedback with the detection engineering team, and serve as incident commander when needed.

In this role you will tune alerts, conduct threat hunting, perform data normalization across datasets, and mentor junior analysts while collaborating with cross-functional partners to strengthen security controls

Qualifications

• Experience with security monitoring across endpoints, networks, and cloud logs.
• Proficient in Python to automate SOC tasks.
• Hands-on with SIEM languages (SPL, KQL, SQL).
• Experience analyzing data lakes.
• Knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Strong communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Triage and respond to alerts and incidents across endpoints, cloud, and SaaS.
• Develop detection signatures and playbooks using code.
• Lead detections feedback loops to reduce false positives.
• Participate in threat modeling with cross-functional partners.
• Conduct threat hunting and data baselines to identify anomalies.
• On-call rotation and incident response, reporting findings.
• Mentor junior analysts and guide detection maturity.

Skills

Security monitoring

Log analysis

Detection engineering

Python development

SIEM (SPL/KQL/SQL)

Data lake analysis

Security principles

TTP knowledge

Communication

Top Secret clearance

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 Detection and Response team is looking for a Security Operations Analyst to be the watchtower for Anduril's critical defense technologies. As a SecOps Analyst on the detection and response team, you'll be responsible for monitoring and responding to adversarial activity while helping incorporate key detection feedback loops with the detection engineering team. As a Senior SecOps Analyst, you will serve as an incident commander alongside other senior analysts. When not responding to threats, you'll be asking questions of our data sets, conducting threat hunting and data normalization operations across the organization to understand user behavior and identify anomalies.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Triage and respond to alerts / incidents covering multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, phishing, endpoints, cloud infrastructure and services, and SaaS applications
• Build and optimize tailored detection signatures, response playbooks, and response automation using detection-as-code principles
• As the frontline of DNR, you will lead the feedback loop for detections, ensuring alerts are fine tuned to reduce false positives
• Participate in threat modeling scenarios with cross-functional partners to understand weaknesses across Cloud, Mobile, Endpoints, and other environments incorporating findings into security controls and/or detection signatures
• Organize and conduct threat hunting and data baselines to identify anomalous patterns in data
• Participate in an on‑call rotation responding to security events and conducting incident response investigations while effectively communicating findings to key stakeholders. As a Senior SecOps Analyst, you will serve as an incident commander as necessary.
• Proactively collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, guiding detection and response maturity of key worlds, leading incidents and large-scale data baselines, and being responsible with mentoring and guiding junior analysts.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in security monitoring, log analysis, and detection engineering within large data sets across endpoint, network, and a wide variety of application log sources
• Experience in Python development, specifically contributing to a shared codebase used for automating SOC operationsilli
• Must have experience with one or more SIEM languages (SPL, KQL, SQL)
• Experience conducting analysis in a data lake environment
• Broad range of practical security knowledge across the spectrum of endpoint, network, identity, application, and cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) across Windows, Linux, MacOS, AWS/Azure, etc.
• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience conducting incident response in the Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Digital Forensics and/or reverse engineering experience is a plus!

US Salary Range: $129,000—$171,000 USD

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:

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.

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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.