Senior Security Engineer: Cloud Defenses & Automation

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

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC is seeking a security engineer to design and implement defensive controls across cloud, production, and corporate infrastructure.

You will build automation to strengthen security posture, conduct architecture reviews, and collaborate across engineering and operations teams while focusing on scalable defense for defense technology products. Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance is preferred as part of the role.

Qualifications

• Strong programming ability in Python, Go, Rust or similar languages.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, AWS CDK) in production.
• Experience conducting security architecture reviews for custom apps.
• Understanding of modern attack vectors and defensive strategies.
• Experience deploying apps through CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms.
• Experience building endpoint and SaaS defensive controls.
• Ability to own projects and collaborate across teams.
• Participation in incident response events.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across cloud, production, and corporate infrastructure.
• Develop tools and systems to improve security posture and operational efficiency.
• Conduct security architecture and design reviews for systems and applications.
• Build automation to detect, monitor, and remediate security issues.
• Work across infrastructure, application, and operational security domains.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

Autonomous work

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC is seeking a security engineer to design and implement defensive controls across cloud, production, and corporate infrastructure.

You will build automation to strengthen security posture, conduct architecture reviews, and collaborate across engineering and operations teams while focusing on scalable defense for defense technology products. Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance is preferred as part of the role.