Site Reliability Engineer - Deployed, Connected Warfare

Anduril Industries, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 143,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Connected Warfare SRE - System Deployment Engineer to install and maintain critical hardware and software. You will support customers across multiple sites, troubleshoot complex installations, and educate users on system capabilities.

Responsibilities include collaborating with site reliability engineers and mission software teams to ensure reliable, secure operations, and contributing to system improvements in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• Active US Secret security clearance required.
• STEM degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience deploying and maintaining systems that run on air-gapped and security-hardened networks.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Rust, or C++.
• Willingness to travel 25-50% and 4+ years operations/engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Enable network expansion through installation of hardware and software for customer missions.
• Troubleshoot installation issues and identify long-term solutions.
• Educate customers on Anduril system capabilities as a data and applications platform.
• Participate in customer demonstrations and exercises.
• Collaborate with SREs to refine tooling and systems requirements.
• Work with mission software engineers to ensure supportability of integrations.
• Identify and document opportunities for system improvements.

Skills

Security clearance

STEM degree

Air-gapped networks

Go

Python

Rust

C++

Travel 25-50%

4+ years exp

Education

STEM degree or equivalent

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 TEAM

A Connected Warfare SRE - System Deployment deploys and maintains Anduril’s hardware and software to deliver mission critical capabilities to our customers. System Deployment Engineers work in complex environments with shared environmental responsibility with our customers. They navigate the ambiguous landscape with efficiency to deliver the right customer outcomes. We are currently growing our teams in Costa Mesa, CA, Seattle, WA, Oahu, HI, Washington, DC, and Raleigh, NC.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Enable network expansion through installation of both hardware and software in support of Anduril customer missions
• Troubleshoot complex installation issues, driving short term resolution and identifying long term solutions
• Be familiar with Anduril system capabilities as a data and applications platform and be able to educate customers
• Participate in customer demonstrations and exercises
• Work with site reliability engineers to provide and refine requirements for tooling and systems to support customer outcomes
• Work with mission software engineers to ensure supportability of custom system integrations
• Identify and document opportunities for system improvements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active US Secret security clearance
• STEM degree or equivalent technical experience
• Experience delivering and maintaining systems that run on air-gapped and security-hardened networks
• Ability to understand, debug, and modify software written languages such as Go, Python, Rust, or C++
• Willingness to travel 25-50%
• Minimum 4 years of operations and engineering experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Comfort with operating independently in isolated, austere, and dynamic environments while being the sole representative of Anduril
• Experience in the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing and deploying autonomous weapon systems across network enclaves
• Extensive hands-on field operations and systems administration experience
• Administration experience in networking, storage, and operating systems
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems in ambiguous environments to enable customer mission success
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external customers
• Experience performing data-driven root cause analysis on complex systems

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Hold a DoD 8570 IAT Level 2+ certification

Technical expertise and demonstrated performance in one or more of the following areas: networking, cloud technologies, hardware design, and/or cybersecurity

Ability to obtain a US TS security clearance with SCI eligibility

US Salary Range

$143,000 — $194,000 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.