Staff Security Engineer

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Corporate Technology : Information Security : Security Engineering

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to focus on building defensive controls for their Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) environments. This role involves leading risk assessments, architecting and implementing security solutions for cloud, production, and corporate environments, and supporting security tools. The engineer will also build automation for visibility and threat detection, drive security initiatives, and collaborate with factory production teams to ensure secure design. Requires experience with network design, zero trust architecture for OT, threat modeling for OT/ICS, and programming (Python, Go, Rust). Must be eligible for a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead OT risk assessments, gap analyses, and develop a multi-year OT security roadmap
  2. Architect and implement defensive security controls for cloud, production, and corporate environments
  3. Support the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of security tools
  4. Build systems to support automation, visibility, and threat detection for efforts across various information security and infrastructure teams
  5. Independently drive security initiatives and foster a security-first mindset across the organization

Skills

Required

  • Experience with routing, switching, and network design principles
  • Familiarity with zero trust architecture and segmentation strategies when it comes to OT networks
  • Experience conducting security architecture or design reviews for OT/ICS environments
  • Experience with threat modeling frameworks and applying these concepts to the OT/ICS domain (e.g. MITRE ATT&CK for ICS)
  • Experience with programming in one or more general purpose languages (Python, Go, Rust, etc)
  • Experience developing and implementing 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 an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Ability to travel up to 50%

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with OT protocols (e.g., Modbus, DNP3, Ethernet/IP) and ICS environments
  • Experience with specific ICS/SCADA vendor platforms (Siemens, Rockwell, Honeywell, etc.)
  • Experience building bespoke solutions in high-growth high-complexity network environments
  • Strong experience with Linux operating systems

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Top Secret security clearance