Security Engineer - Mergers & Acquisitions

Summary

Join Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, as a Security Engineer specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This critical role supports M&A activities, ensuring smooth integration of acquired companies and maintaining high security standards. You will travel to acquisition target sites to assess security posture, conduct comprehensive security evaluations, and develop security recommendations. Responsibilities include designing integration plans, establishing system visibility, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and architecting defensive security controls. The ideal candidate possesses strong programming and infrastructure-as-code experience, security architecture expertise, and incident response experience. Anduril offers competitive compensation and benefits, including platinum healthcare, generous PTO, caregiver leave, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 50%+ travel required
• Knowledge of modern adversary tradecraft and mitigating controls
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with strong programming ability in one or more general purpose languages (Python, Go, Rust, etc) and familiarity with one or more infrastructure as code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK) in a production capacity
• Experience conducting security architecture or design reviews around custom business applications
• Experience developing and implementing defensive controls around endpoint and SaaS applications
• 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. Secret security clearance

Responsibilities

• Travel to acquisition target sites (50%+ travel required) to assess their current security posture
• Conduct comprehensive security evaluations of potential acquisition targets
• Develop and implement security recommendations for acquired companies to align with Anduril's security standards
• Design and execute integration plans to incorporate acquired companies into Anduril's security infrastructure
• Establish and maintain visibility across newly integrated systems and networks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of security practices during M&A processes
• Architect and implement defensive security controls for cloud, production, and corporate environments of both Anduril and acquired companies

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to develop and maintain systems in cloud environments and familiarity with deploying code through CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building high volume log ingestion and storage pipelines
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP security ecosystem and tooling
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging deployment issues with the following general categories of security tools: EDR, Logging, Monitoring
• Strong experience with Linux operating systems

Benefits

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you. For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents. For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)