Senior Product Operations Engineer, Space, Classified IT Systems

Anduril Industries

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Work type: On-site
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Salary: $129,000–$171,000 / yr
Posted: today

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 1882 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Product Operations Engineer, Space, Classified IT Systems

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As a Senior Product Operations Engineer at Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA, you will join a dynamic team supporting the United States Space Force’s classified networking capability for Space Domain Awareness. Your role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain and enhance a resilient, software-defined mesh network, ensuring operational readiness and providing 24x7 on-call support. You will develop infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible, implement observability solutions like Prometheus and Grafana, and optimize Linux-based distributed systems. Essential skills include Bash scripting, Python, and experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. This role requires a Secret security clearance and familiarity with software-defined networking, making it ideal for those passionate about advancing military capabilities in space environments.

Skills

Linux Terraform Ansible Python Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana ELK_stack Bash Git CI/CD Agile_methodologies Linux_system_administration Observability_tools Containerization Version_control Code_review Testing Cloud_native_technologies Database_administration

What you'll do

Develop and establish processes, workflow automations, and tooling for a globally distributed system.
Serve as a Linux systems administration SME, configuring devices and troubleshooting issues in an air-gapped network.
Provide real-time response to complex issues across code and infrastructure with minimal supervision.
Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible for Linux-based distributed systems.
Implement comprehensive observability solutions including monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing for system performance.

What we're looking for

Secret security clearance required
Experience with Linux system administration and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
Hands-on experience with observability tools: monitoring, logging, alerting, tracing
Proficiency in Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform for infrastructure as code
Strong communication skills and ability to document complex technical information
Understanding of software development practices including version control and agile methodologies

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