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Classified Systems Engineer

Anduril

Costa Mesa, CAFull-time$129–171K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$129–171K/yr
Location
Costa Mesa, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance

Job overview

Anduril seeks a Classified Systems Engineer focused on high-performance computing to build and maintain computational, networking, and storage capabilities across the enterprise. The engineer will support HPC operations, secure multi-tenant capabilities, DevSecOps processes, and classified HPC strategy. The role works with senior engineers, cybersecurity teams, business lines, and classified IT to develop solutions and support users’ Modeling & Simulation activities.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

High Performance ComputingLinux SupportAutomationScriptingContainerizationCloud Platform SystemSoftware DevelopmentCyber SecurityLinux Operating SystemsParallel File SystemsDistributed File SystemsHPC Batch SchedulingContainer OrchestrationContainer TechnologiesHPC NetworkingBare-Metal ProvisioningCloud PlatformsSoftware DebuggingMPIOpenMPNIST SP 800-53 ControlsCybersecurity

Qualifications

US Top Secret Clearance Eligibility

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Full 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.

Protecting Yourself from Recruitment Scams Anduril is committed to maintaining the integrity of our Talent acquisition process and the security of our candidates. We've observed a rise in sophisticated phishing and fraudulent schemes where individuals impersonate Anduril representatives, luring job seekers with false interviews or job offers. These scammers often attempt to extract payment or sensitive personal information.

To ensure your safety and help you navigate your job search with confidence, please keep the following critical points in mind:

  • No Financial Requests: Anduril will never solicit payment or demand personal financial details (such as banking information, credit card numbers, or social security numbers) at any stage of our hiring process. Our legitimate recruitment is entirely free for candidates.

  • Please always verify communications: • Direct from Anduril: If you receive an email from one of our recruiters, it will only come from an @anduril.com address.

  • Via Agency Partner: If contacted by a recruiting agency for an Anduril role, their email will clearly identify their agency. If you suspect any suspicious activity, please verify the agency's authenticity by reaching out to [email protected].

  • Exercise Caution with Unsolicited Outreach: If you receive any communication that appears suspicious, contains grammatical errors, or makes unusual requests, do not engage. Always confirm the sender's email domain is @anduril.com before providing any personal information or clicking on links.

  • What to Do If You Suspect Fraud: Should you encounter any questionable or fraudulent outreach claiming to be from Anduril, please report it immediately to [email protected]. Your proactive caution is invaluable in protecting your personal information and upholding the security and trustworthiness of our recruitment efforts.

Data Privacy To view Anduril's candidate data privacy policy, please visit https://anduril.com/applicant-privacy-notice/.

By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening and assessing potential risks as part of your application process. This third-party service provider provides risk-intelligence services that may include analysis of sanctions and watchlists, adverse media, public-record information, and other lawful open-source or commercial data sources. This third-party service provider does not act as a consumer reporting agency. Use of this provider helps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and protect technology, intellectual property, and organizational security.

How this job compares

Set against the 11,457 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$129–171K/yr
  • California median$143–211K/yr1,746 salary ranges
  • US median$116–190K/yr8,475 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $150K, is 15% below the California median midpoint ($176K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,057 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 11,457 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (9,561 postings).
Education
4,551 of the 11,457 open Systems Engineer jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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