Senior Network Security Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness support

Recovery support

Competitive equity grants

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a skilled security engineer to design and implement advanced security controls for their defense technology products. Located in Washington, D.C., this role involves securing cloud and production environments and fostering a security-first mindset.

With a salary range of $166,000 - $220,000, Anduril offers competitive compensation and top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health and wellness support.

Qualifications

• Experience with routing, switching, and network design principles.
• Knowledge of modern adversary tradecraft and mitigating controls.
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement defensive security controls for cloud and production environments.
• Support deployment and maintenance of network security tools.
• Drive network security initiatives across the organization.

Skills

Routing

Switching

Network design principles

Python

Go

Rust

Terraform

AWS CDK

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Linux

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 Security Engineering team is looking for a security engineer to focus on building world class defensive controls to protect the infrastructure around our advanced defense technology products. In this role, you'll design and implement advanced security architecture that protects our global network while serving as a critical security partner across the enterprise.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Architect and implement defensive security controls for cloud, production, and corporate environments
• Support the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of network security tools
• Build systems to support automation, visibility, and threat detection for efforts across various information security and infrastructure teams
• Independently drive network security initiatives and foster a security‑first mindset across the organization
• Work closely with Network, Infrastructure, and other partner teams to review designs and use‑cases, ensuring our networks are secure by design

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with routing, switching, and network design principles
• Experience conducting network architecture or design reviews from a security perspective
• Knowledge of modern adversary tradecraft and mitigating controls
• Experience with programming in one or more general purpose languages (Python, Go, Rust, etc)
• Familiarity with one or more infrastructure as code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK) in a production capacity
• Experience developing and implementing network‑based defensive controls in corporate and industrial production environments
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of complex projects
• Have participated in or supported incident response events
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience building bespoke solutions in high‑growth high‑complexity network environments
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP security ecosystem and tooling
• Strong experience with Linux operating systems

US Salary Range: $166,000 - $220,000 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 health, wellness, and recovery support.