Anduril
Chief Information Security Officer
$252K–$382K
Costa Mesa, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Experience
- 15+ years; senior CISO-equivalent technology/defense leadership or extensive senior military/intelligence cyber leadership.
About the job
Leads Anduril’s information security, network engineering and infrastructure, IT, and cyber compliance functions, protecting enterprise systems and enabling secure growth across classified and unclassified environments.
What you'll do
- Set security strategy and lead a unified, engineering-driven security organization in partnership with the CIO and Chief Security Officer.
- Direct threat detection and incident response, cyber risk management, and compliance with government cybersecurity obligations.
- Embed security into engineering and secure IT, networks, and endpoints across the global enterprise.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in information security, cybersecurity, or related technical disciplines.
- Experience as a CISO or comparable senior cybersecurity leader at a technology or defense company, or extensive senior cyber leadership in the military or intelligence community.
- Deep technical expertise across network and application security, security operations, incident response, identity and access management, and cloud security; success leading cross-functional security and IT teams.
- Knowledge of government cybersecurity requirements, including NIST 800-171, CMMC, FedRAMP, FISMA, and DFARS; currently possess or be eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience securing classified and unclassified networks, hardware R&D, manufacturing, and global test sites; or experience in a high-growth, venture-backed technology company.
- Hands-on software, systems, or infrastructure engineering background, or experience embedding security into engineering workflows.
Pay
$252,000 — $382,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
NIST 800-171, CMMC, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, FISMA, DFARS, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code
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