Classified Systems Engineer

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

10h

About The Position

Anduril is seeking a Classified Systems Engineer focused on High Performance Computing (HPC). The engineer will work alongside senior engineers and Cybersecurity teams to build and maintain computational, networking, and storage capabilities across the enterprise. The role supports scalable hybrid HPC architectures across on-premise and cloud environments, day-to-day operations of existing HPC clusters, secure multi-tenant capabilities, and evaluation of new HPC technologies. It also contributes to the team's classified HPC strategy, DevSecOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, requirements documentation, vendor evaluations, and user training materials and runbooks for Modeling & Simulation activities.

Requirements

• Knowledge of and experience with Linux operating systems such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef.
• Familiarity with HPC technologies such as parallel or distributed file systems, including Lustre, GPFS, Pure, or VAST.
• Familiarity with HPC batch scheduling software such as PBSPro or SLURM.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret Clearance with customer's approval.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to container orchestration such as Kubernetes and associated container technologies such as Podman, Docker, Shifter, or AppTainer/Singularity.
• Exposure to HPC network technologies such as RoCEv2, InfiniBand, or Slingshot.
• Experience with bare-metal systems provisioning using tools such as xCAT, Warewulf, or Bright Cluster Manager.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable hybrid HPC architectures spanning on-premise and cloud environments within established architectural patterns.
• Support day-to-day operations of existing HPC cluster systems to ensure performance and availability.
• Implement and test secure multi-tenant capabilities to support resource consolidation.
• Evaluate and test new HPC hardware and software technologies 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 CI/CD pipelines for automating Infrastructure and Policy as Code.
• Work with business lines and classified IT to gather requirements and help develop solutions that meet needs on time and on budget.
• Contribute to HPC requirements documentation and support vendor evaluations, including reviewing proposals and drafting Statements of Work.
• Create and maintain training materials and runbooks to help users use HPC capabilities and tools for Modeling & Simulation activities.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as a comprehensive, competitive package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed