Staff Security Analyst, Insider Threat

Anduril Industries is seeking a Staff Security Analyst to protect the organization from internal security threats. The successful candidate will analyze anomalous activities, run investigations, and work across various departments to mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as incident commander for insider threat-related security detections and anomalies.
• Own end-to-end insider threat investigations.
• Lead evaluation and implementation of controls to reduce the organization's attack surface from an insider threat.
• Produce metrics to support and streamline incident response and investigations.
• Provide strategic vision for hunting and identifying insider threats.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including HR and Legal, providing technical expertise and evidence to support investigations.
• Translate complex technical security issues into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with team members to build custom tooling to automate manual processes.

Required Qualifications

• Action-oriented analyst with the ability to work autonomously and take ownership of complex projects.
• Experience conducting data analysis in large-scale data lake environments.
• Knowledge of modern adversary tradecraft and mitigating controls.
• Proven experience in insider threat investigations, digital forensics, and incident response.
• 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.
• Ability to serve as a technical mentor and force multiplier for the team.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret 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 10+ years of security analyst experience; or 12+ years of security analyst experience without a degree.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Income protection: life and disability insurance.
• Generous time off: highly competitive PTO plans.
• Family planning and parenting support.
• Mental health resources.
• Professional development: annual reimbursement.
• Commuter benefits.
• Retirement savings plan.