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Chief Information Security Officer

Anduril· Corporate Technology : Information Security : Information Security
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Costa Mesa, CA$252k - $382kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Information Security leadership role at Anduril Industries responsible for building and leading a modern, engineering-driven information security organization, owning end-to-end security posture across global operations, and ensuring compliance with government and industry standards.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and Execute an Information Security Strategy: Design and implement a comprehensive strategy to protect Anduril's networks, systems, data, and intellectual property against the full spectrum of cyber threats, from nation-state adversaries to insider risk.
  • Lead a Unified Information Security Organization: Build and lead a high-performing organization spanning Information Security, Network Engineering & Infrastructure, IT, and Cyber Compliance into a cohesive function structured around business outcomes, not traditional silos.
  • Partner with the Chief Information Officer: Work as a key strategic partner to the CIO to ensure core engineering functions across InfoSec, IT, Infrastructure Engineering enable the enterprise to scale.
  • Partner with the Chief Security Officer: Work as a key strategic partner to the CSO to ensure a seamless security posture that fuses cyber, physical, and human-domain protections across the enterprise.
  • Drive Threat Detection and Response: Own the organization's ability to detect, investigate, and respond to cyber incidents and intrusions at speed, ensuring operational resilience across classified and unclassified environments.
  • Own Cyber Risk Management: Implement a dynamic risk management framework that continuously assesses and prioritizes cyber threats across all divisions, networks, and environments. Provide clear, actionable intelligence on risk exposure to executive leadership.
  • Ensure Global Cyber Compliance: Guarantee compliance with all applicable cybersecurity frameworks and US Government contractual obligations, including NIST 800-171, CMMC, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and DoD-specific requirements. Serve as the primary senior liaison to government partners on all cybersecurity matters.
  • Build an Engineering-First Security Culture: Champion an approach to security that is deeply technical, automation-forward, and rooted in engineering principles, not checkbox compliance. Embed security into the software development lifecycle and infrastructure as a first-class concern.
  • Secure the Enterprise at Scale: Ensure the security and reliability of corporate IT, network infrastructure, and endpoint environments across a rapidly expanding global footprint of offices, manufacturing facilities, and test sites.
  • Operational Effectiveness: Drive quantifiable outcomes across the security organization through clear initiatives, metrics, and accountability.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in information security, cybersecurity, or related technical disciplines.
  • Proven experience as a CISO or in a comparable senior cybersecurity leadership role at a technology or defense company, OR extensive experience in a senior cyber leadership role within the military or intelligence community.
  • Deep technical expertise across core information security disciplines: network security, application security, security operations, incident response, identity and access management, and cloud security.
  • Demonstrated success building, leading, and mentoring high-performing, cross-functional security and IT teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong understanding of government cybersecurity frameworks and compliance requirements (NIST 800-171, CMMC, FedRAMP, FISMA, DFARS).
  • Currently possess or is eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Skills

Required:Information Security StrategyLeadership and People Management

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health and recovery support (details available via career page).
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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