Senior Systems Administrator, It Operations

Anduril Anduril · Defense · London, United Kingdom · Corporate Technology : IT : IT Operations

This role is for a Senior Systems Administrator in IT Operations at Anduril, a defense technology company. The primary focus is on supporting enterprise systems, including identity management (Okta), endpoint management, and infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on security and compliance in a regulated environment. The role involves troubleshooting, operational support, and collaboration with security and infrastructure teams. Experience with IaC (Terraform), cloud platforms (AWS), network security, virtualization, Linux, and IAM platforms is required. Preferred qualifications include experience with systems supporting AI/ML workloads and knowledge of compliance standards.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform Okta administration and support identity lifecycle management.
  2. Troubleshoot SSO/MFA issues and provide comprehensive user support.
  3. Coordinate effectively with security and infrastructure teams on critical initiatives.
  4. Participate in follow-the-sun operational support to ensure continuous service availability.
  5. Provide managed local IT support and deliver white-glove assistance to users.

Skills

Required

  • Okta administration
  • SSO/MFA troubleshooting
  • Linux Operating Systems
  • Scripting and automation tooling
  • Ubuntu
  • RHEL
  • IAM/security platforms
  • Entra ID/Azure AD
  • Google Workspace
  • MDM tools
  • Endpoint management platforms
  • Jamf
  • Intune
  • Kandji
  • SCCM
  • Asset management
  • Ticketing systems
  • Enterprise support operations
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Customer-service mindset
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • TLS
  • PKI
  • firewalls
  • VLANs
  • VMWare
  • KVM/QEMU
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a UK security clearance to minimum SC level
  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent practical engineering experience
  • 5+ years of relevant engineering, infrastructure, or technical program execution experience
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required

Nice to have

  • Experience designing or maintaining distributed systems
  • secure networks
  • infrastructure supporting autonomy
  • AI/ML
  • big data workloads
  • work across technical disciplines
  • influence without authority
  • operate effectively in ambiguous and fast-paced environments
  • work with international partners
  • navigating multi-nation technical or policy workflows
  • physical hardware
  • rack-mounted storage
  • compute
  • networking
  • network cryptography
  • VPN solutions
  • hardening standards
  • FIPS
  • STIG
  • CIS
  • compliance standards
  • ISO
  • NIST
  • Secure by Design principles
  • air-gapped or highly restricted networks

What the JD emphasized

  • secure and seamless operation
  • strict compliance and security requirements
  • regulated environment
  • secure onboarding processes
  • regulated environments
  • UK security clearance to minimum SC level