Classified Systems Engineer

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Classified Systems Engineer focused on High Performance Computing (HPC) to build and maintain scalable HPC capabilities. You will work with senior engineers and cybersecurity teams on classified infrastructure, ensuring performance, security, and reliability across on-premise and cloud environments.

You will develop expertise in HPC systems, contribute to strategy, and support CI/CD pipelines for automation.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Linux OS (RHEL/Ubuntu/Rocky) and admin basics.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef).
• Familiarity with HPC file systems and batch schedulers (Lustre, GPFS, SLURM, PBSPro).
• Eligible for US Top Secret Clearance with customer approval.
• Understanding of security controls to meet cyber requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable HPC architectures across on-prem and cloud.
• Ensure day-to-day HPC cluster performance and availability.
• Implement secure multi-tenant capabilities for resource consolidation.
• Evaluate new HPC tech and present findings to senior engineers.
• Develop expertise and advise on classified HPC strategy.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for IaC/PaC and DevSecOps processes.
• Gather requirements with business lines and draft SOWs.
• Create training materials and runbooks for modeling and simulation tasks.

Skills

Linux OS proficiency

Automation scripting

HPC concepts

US Top Secret Clearance

CI/CD and IaC basics

Security compliance awareness

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Chef

Kubernetes

xCAT/Warewulf/Bright Cluster Manager

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Anduril is seeking a Classified Systems Engineer with a focus on High Performance Computing (HPC). You will work alongside senior engineers and Cybersecurity teams to build and maintain next-generation computational, networking, and storage capabilities across the enterprise.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Build and maintain scalable, hybrid HPC architectures that span on-premise and cloud environments, working within established architectural patterns
• Support day-to-day operations of existing HPC cluster systems to ensure systems are performant and available
• Implement and test secure multi-tenant capabilities to support consolidation of resources
• Evaluate and test new HPC technologies, both hardware and software, and present findings to senior engineers
• Develop expertise in HPC systems and contribute technical recommendations to the team's classified HPC strategy
• Support DevSecOps processes and help maintain Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines for automating Infrastructure and Policy as Code (IaC/PaC)
• Work with business lines and classified IT to gather requirements and help develop solutions that meet their needs on time and on budget
• Contribute to HPC requirements documentation and support vendor evaluation efforts, including reviewing proposals and drafting Statements of Work (SOW)
• Create and maintain training materials and runbooks to help users leverage HPC capabilities and tools for Modeling & Simulation (M&S) activities

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of and experience with Linux Operating Systems (OS) such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, etc.
• Experience with automation & scripting tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, etc.
• Familiarity with HPC technologies such as parallel/distributed file systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS, Pure, VAST)
• Familiarity with HPC batch scheduling software (e.g., PBSPro, SLURM)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret Clearance with customer's approval

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Exposure to container orchestration, such as Kubernetes (k8s), and associated container technologies (Podman, Docker, Shifter, AppTainer/Singularity, etc.)
• Exposure to HPC network technologies such as RDMA over Converged Ethernet Version 2 (RoCEv2), InfiniBand, Slingshot, etc.
• Experience with bare-metal systems provisioning using tools such as xCAT, Warewulf, Bright Cluster Manager, etc.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.
• Familiarity with software development and debugging, especially in a parallel environment
• Familiarity with MPI and OpenMP applications and the associated configuration of libraries and dependencies
• Awareness of NIST SP 800-53 controls and their technical implementation to meet cybersecurity requirements

US Salary Range

$129,000 - $171,000 USD

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:

Benefits

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 .