Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Anduril; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Australia is building unmanned systems for subsurface domains, applying unsupervised autonomy and modern software delivery. We seek a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to architect, design, deliver, and sustain toolchains enabling fast, secure deployment of capabilities across uncertain, critical environments.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary software team, mentor engineers, and ensure operations across cloud, OS, and orchestration layers with a strong focus on security and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of next‑gen software delivery toolchains.
• Manage ICT infrastructure including AWS/Azure/VMware ESXi.
• Operate OS layers (NixOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Windows).
• Oversee orchestration with OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform.
• Oversee application layer tooling (GitHub Enterprise, CircleCI).
• Contribute to Nix build and deployment systems.
• Mentor junior engineers within a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Advocate for security best practices across toolchains.

Skills

Cloud scaling

Holistic software stack

Mentoring

Security best practices

Technical ownership

Team coordination

Remote troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

NixOS

GitHub Enterprise

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

At Anduril Australia we are developing unmanned systems for subsurface and other domains that will leverage unsupervised autonomy for the delivery of long endurance, multi-mission capability to our customers. These projects, including but not limited to the Extra Large Autonomous Undersea Vehicle (XL-AUV) Program, require Senior Site Reliability Engineers with deep experience in modern software development, delivery and sustainment toolchains. The Senior Site Reliability Engineer strives to leverage their experience to rapidly architect, design, delivery, support and evolve toolchains required to delivery next-generation autonomous systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead the design, development, implementation and support of next-generation software delivery toolchains that enable the continuous and secure delivery of capabilities orders of magnitude faster than the competition, including in times of national crisis and across multiple national security classification domains
• Manage modern ICT systems at the infrastructure layer, including providers and/or technologies such as AWS, Azure, and VMWare ESXi
• Manage modern ICT systems at the operating system layer, including operating systems such as NixOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat, and Microsoft Windows
• Manage modern ICT systems at the orchestration layer, including technologies such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker and Terraform
• Manage modern ICT systems at the application layer, including Github Enterprise, CircleCI and a variety of proprietary applications
• Contribute to our Nix managed build and deployment systems
• Contribute to the management of ICT hardware systems in a limited capacity
• Advocate for and implement best-practice security measures within Anduril’s software toolchain
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary software team, including as a mentor for Software Engineers from differing backgrounds

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Experience in a senior role for the delivery of a software and/or hardware system with a mature software delivery, security and operations capability
• Experience with the design, implementation and operation of horizontally scaled cloud technologies
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Capacity to work holistically on software enabled capabilities up and down the software stack and through lifecycle through design, implementation, operation and sustainment
• Capacity to act as the technical owner for a software service, including stakeholder engagement, requirements definition, roadmap management, team co-ordination, design, implementation, sustainment and evolution
• Capacity to learn and grow individually, while mentoring junior team members effectively, building team cohesion and capacity
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience writing cloud-native services using C++, Rust, Python and/or Go
• Experience with the NixOS operating system and the Nix programming language
• Systems and/or application programming skills including algorithms, data structures, concurrency and optimization
• Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform
• A strong understanding of networking, particularly in cloud and hybrid environments
• A strong knowledge of and experience with deploying applications with Kubernetes and maintaining Kubernetes clusters
• Desire to learn and grow in to other roles that require experience as a Senior Software Engineer, such as Principal Software Engineer and/or Engineering Manager
• Desire to grow in to a Tech-Lead-Manager role, with responsibility for line management of engineers, in addition to delivery

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:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits .

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