Senior Insider Threat Analyst

Anduril Industries; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Full benefits

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a senior cybersecurity analyst for its Insider Threat team to protect AIS from internal security threats. The role focuses on analyzing anomalous activities, running investigations, and implementing forward-looking insider threat detections and mitigations.

You will own insider threat investigations end-to-end, help build controls to reduce the attack surface, and produce dashboards to support incident response and investigations. Active U.S.

Qualifications

• Experience in insider threat investigations, digital forensics, and incident response.
• Ability to analyze large datasets across systems (SIEM, data lake, etc.).
• Experience with EDR tools and DLP.
• Active U.S. Top Secret SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Identify, triage, investigate, and remediate Insider Threat detections and anomalies.
• Own insider threat investigations from end to end.
• Lead evaluating and implementing controls to reduce attack surface.
• Produce dashboards and metrics to support incident response and investigations.
• Perform threat hunting and identify anomalies within the environment.
• Communicate security concerns to non-technical audiences.
• Embed with AIS business line and collaborate with stakeholders.

Skills

Insider threat analytics

Incident response

Data analysis

SIEM analysis

EDR & DLP

Threat hunting

Top Secret SCI clearance

Autonomous work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security / CS

Tools

Python

Terraform

AWS CDK

Go

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 Job

Anduril’s Insider Threat team is looking for a senior cybersecurity analyst to protect Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) from internal security threats. This analyst will be a critical part of analyzing anomalous activities, running investigations, and working across the business line. This role will be a key stakeholder within the Anduril Information Security team implementing forward‑leaning, innovative insider threat & counterintelligence detections and mitigations.

What You'll Do

• Support Anduril Intelligence Systems as our front line responder by identifying, triaging, investigating, and remediating Insider Threat related security detections and anomalies.
• Own Insider Threat investigations from end to end.
• Lead evaluating and implementing controls to reduce Anduril's attack surface from an insider threat.
• Produce dashboards and metrics to support and streamline incident response and investigations.
• Perform threat hunting and identify anomalies within the environment to uncover insider threat activity.
• Communicate technical security concerns and issues to a non‑technical audience.
• Deeply embed yourself within the AIS business line and form relationships with key stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Action‑oriented analyst with the ability to work autonomously and take ownership of complex projects.
• Knowledge of modern adversary tradecraft and mitigating controls.
• Proven experience in insider threat investigations, digital forensics, and incident response.
• Ability to analyze large datasets across various systems (SIEM, data lake, etc.).
• Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and other telemetry sources.
• Excellent analytical skills, capable of interpreting complex data and deriving actionable insights.
• Capable of handling highly sensitive investigations with utmost discretion.
• Currently possesses and can maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in one or more general purpose languages (Python, Go, etc) and familiarity with one or more infrastructure as code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK) in a production capacity.
• Experience building controls around export controlled information, CUI, and other sensitive data.
• Understanding of counterintelligence concepts and their application in security operations, particularly for identifying and addressing insider threats.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Information Security, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering and 5+ years of security analyst experience; or 7+ years of security analyst experience without a degree.

US Salary Range

$166,000—$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.

Anduril is an equal‑opportunity employer, and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. If you are someone passionate to work on problems that matter, we’d love to hear from you!