Strategic Defense SRE: Edge & On-Prem Kubernetes

LinuxCareers; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for its Strategic Defense team to build and operate resilient infrastructure for military command and control systems. Responsibilities include bare-metal provisioning, edge Kubernetes, and air-gapped environments.

You will debug kernel/network/Kubernetes issues and automate with Python/Bash. The role requires a US Top Secret clearance with 3–8+ years of SRE experience, strong Linux and networking skills, and proficiency in

Qualifications

• Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• 3–8+ years of hands-on infrastructure, systems, or SRE experience.
• Deep Linux knowledge: processes, system calls, memory, files, inodes, systemd, SELinux.
• Strong networking fundamentals: TCP/UDP, DHCP, DNS, routing, VLANs, firewalls.
• Kubernetes operational expertise below the managed layer; kubectl proficiency.
• Ability to write Python and Bash scripts from scratch for logs, files, retries, and error handling.

Responsibilities

• Provision bare-metal servers at scale using PXE boot, kickstart, BMC/iDRAC, firmware updates, and STIG hardening before integrating into Kubernetes clusters.
• Operate self-managed Kubernetes clusters (RKE2, k3s, Talos) on-premises and at the edge, managing networking, storage, upgrades, and capacity.
• Design and implement software delivery mechanisms for disconnected environments with limited bandwidth and short update windows.
• Debug failures across the Linux kernel, network, and Kubernetes layers; lead root cause analysis and postmortem reviews.
• Write Python and Bash automation tools, manage infrastructure as code, and travel to customer sites for system installation and support.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

SRE experience

Linux fundamentals

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Networking

IaC / GitOps

Tools

RKE2

k3s

Talos

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for its Strategic Defense team to build and operate resilient infrastructure for military command and control systems. Responsibilities include bare-metal provisioning, edge Kubernetes, and air-gapped environments.

You will debug kernel/network/Kubernetes issues and automate with Python/Bash. The role requires a US Top Secret clearance with 3–8+ years of SRE experience, strong Linux and networking skills, and proficiency in