Senior Data Protection Engineer, Classified Systems

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril builds and operates the systems that protect our most sensitive work. We're a small, high-trust group with an outsized mandate and this role is the first of its kind on the team, giving you the latitude to define data protection for Classified Systems from the ground up.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Senior Data Protection Engineer on our Classified Systems team, you'll own how sensitive data is protected across some of the most secure environments in the country. This is an architecture-and-practice-building role: you'll dive deep into our environment, design the data protection architecture for Classified Systems, and work side by side with stakeholders and engineers to execute it implementing the policies, controls, and processes that keep classified data handled correctly end to end.

This role is mission critical and broad in scope. You'll define how data protection and handling works as a practice establishing the logical and physical controls, the processes, and the day-to-day standards that the rest of the organization relies on. Along the way you'll build the end-to-end solution, including the mitigations and automation that reduce risk and handle data spillages when they occur. If you want work that genuinely matters, gives you a blank canvas to architect from, and the mandate to see it through to execution, this is it.


WHAT YOULL DO

• Start by diving into our Classified Systems environment mapping how sensitive data is created, stored, moved, and accessed today, and identifying where protection is needed most.
• Design the data protection architecture for Classified Systems the controls, data flows, and safeguards that protect sensitive information end to end and partner with stakeholders and engineers across our teams to execute it.
• Define the policies, processes, and standards for data protection and handling both logical (access controls, classification, monitoring) and physical (storage, transport, and destruction of media) and build the practice that operationalizes them.
• Deliver an end-to-end solution complete with mitigation including the automation and incident response needed to handle data spillages and other >The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

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