System Administrator

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Atlanta, GA · Corporate Technology : ArsenalOS : Factory Systems

System Administrator role at a defense technology company focused on manufacturing lines. Responsibilities include deployment, maintenance, and support of software and tools, network administration, server management, security implementation, and troubleshooting in a production environment. Requires 5+ years of experience in systems/network administration in manufacturing or similar high-throughput settings.

What you'd actually do

  1. Deploy, configure, and maintain hardware, servers, and software systems across the manufacturing line while managing their full lifecycle, including provisioning, updates, tracking, and retirement.
  2. Design, configure, and support network infrastructure—switches, VLANs, routing, wireless, and segmentation—to ensure reliable, low-latency connectivity for production environments.
  3. Build, harden, and maintain physical and virtual servers for manufacturing applications, ensuring performance, security, and high availability.
  4. Monitor system, server, and network performance across the factory floor, proactively identifying and resolving issues that could impact production throughput or on-time manufacturing.
  5. Support deployment and integration of factory stations, endpoints, and production equipment, coordinating with engineering and operations to ensure smooth transitions and minimal downtime.

Skills

Required

  • Windows/Linux system administration
  • server buildout
  • virtualization
  • imaging
  • endpoint lifecycle management
  • configuring and troubleshooting network components such as switches, firewalls, VLANs, routing, DNS, and VPN services
  • diagnose and resolve hardware, software, server, and networking issues
  • asset tracking
  • configuration management
  • maintaining accurate inventories
  • security principles
  • access controls
  • endpoint hardening
  • secure network design
  • communication and documentation skills

Nice to have

  • supporting MES, ERP, or factory software platforms
  • OT networks, PLCs, or SCADA systems
  • designing or supporting hybrid IT/OT network architectures
  • virtualization platforms (VMware/Hyper-V)
  • containerized environments
  • automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or SCCM
  • asset management platforms
  • CMDBs
  • reliability engineering practices like redundancy and failover planning
  • Server+
  • Azure Administrator
  • CCNA
  • ITIL

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years as a Systems or Network Administrator in manufacturing, industrial, or high-throughput environments
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. either SECRET or TS clearance