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# Senior Security Engineer, Identity

- **Company:** Anduril Industries
- **Location:** Costa Mesa, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, OpenID, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Software Deployment, Policy as Code, AWS Cdk, Okta, Terraform
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9112680/senior-security-engineer-identity

## About the Role

* Strong programming ability in one or more general purpose languages (Go, Rust, etc)
 * Experience with one or more infrastructure as code languages (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK) in a production capacity
 * Experience with identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, SCIM, OAuth) or identity providers (Okta, Azure AD, etc.)
 * Proven ability to translate system design requirements into clean, maintainable implementations
 * Experience leading or contributing to architecture and design reviews
 * Experience working with cloud platforms and deploying applications through CI/CD pipelines
 * Ability to work autonomously, take ownership of projects, and collaborate across teams
 * Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance, * Have worked in environments with complex identity or access issues, troubleshooting across distributed systems
 * Familiarity with RBAC, ABAC, or policy-as-code frameworks (e.g., OPA, Cedar)
 * Experience building bespoke solutions in high-growth and high-complexity environments
 * Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP ecosystems and tooling

## Description

Anduril's Security Engineering team is looking for a Security Engineer to focus on Identity and Access Management and build and maintain world class defensive controls to protect the systems we use to build our advanced defense technology products.
WHAT YOU'LL DO

 * Build an identity engine that powers the whole company and supercharges our security program
 * Create applications that enable and enforce our identity framework across the company
 * Develop integrations that unify identities across IdPs, cloud providers, SaaS tools, and internal systems
 * Automate identity lifecycle operations: provisioning, access reviews, offboarding
 * Collaborate with other IAM engineers and partner teams to define architecture and ship iteratively, To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:
 * No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.


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