# Principal Systems Engineer, M&A

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Seattle, Washington, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $220,000-$292,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5111019007
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_92d63795-0ea

## Description

The Infrastructure Engineering organization is seeking an accomplished Principal Systems Engineer to lead our acquisition integration engineering practice. This pivotal role will own the end-to-end infrastructure engineering lifecycle of integrating newly acquired businesses into Anduril's existing ecosystem.

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.

### Responsibilities

- Define, establish, and lead the infrastructure integration engineering practice, setting the technical vision and strategy for integrating new entities and technologies.

- Single-threaded ownership of all infrastructure component(s) of acquisition integration from discovery and due diligence through migration execution and hypercare.

- Conduct comprehensive technical assessments of target companies' infrastructure, systems, and operational capabilities, identifying risks and opportunities.

- Develop and present high-level architectural strategies and detailed roadmaps for integrations to executive leadership, founders, and technical teams.

- Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure system architectures for integrated environments, ensuring alignment with Anduril's overall technology strategy.

- Develop and execute detailed migration plans, managing complex technical challenges and dependencies.

- Provide post-migration hypercare support, ensuring a smooth transition and stabilization of integrated systems.

- Define, document, and continuously improve repeatable processes to accelerate acquisition integration, establishing benchmarks, conducting post-mortems, and implementing lessons learned.

- Identify, evaluate, and implement or scope the development of new tools and technologies to enhance discovery, migration, and testing efficiency.

- Collaborate closely with Security teams to ensure all integrated systems meet Anduril's stringent security requirements and policies.

- Partner with Client Engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of acquired client and client-facing technologies and services.

- Provide clear, concise, and opinionated technical guidance, and proactively push back on misaligned proposals to ensure successful technical outcomes.

- Act as a technical authority, mentor, and trusted advisor to engineering teams involved in integration efforts.

### Requirements

- Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, and/or IT Infrastructure roles with a focus on complex, enterprise-scale environments.

- Self-sufficient ability to execute in (technical and non-technical) program management, architecture, and hands-on engineering capacities.

- Demonstrated expertise in defining and building engineering practices and repeatable processes.

- Proven ability to operate across the entire engineering lifecycle, from strategic discovery and architecture to hands-on execution and hypercare.

- Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including C-suite executives, founders, and engineering teams.

- Deep understanding of modern cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP), hybrid cloud solutions, and on-premises infrastructure.

- Extensive experience with enterprise networking technologies, including routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancing.

- Strong knowledge of server virtualization, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and operating systems (Linux, Windows).

- Experience with identity and access management (IAM) solutions, single sign-on (SSO), and multi-factor authentication (MFA).

- Proficiency in scripting and automation for infrastructure deployment and management (e.g., Python, Ansible, Terraform).

- Strong understanding of security principles, best practices, and common vulnerabilities within systems and networks.

- Familiarity with client engineering principles and technologies.

- Proven experience in identifying tooling gaps and either developing solutions or effectively scoping them for development.

- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.

- Ability to travel for remote deployments and assessments as required.

### Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles and tools.

- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.

- Experience with data center design and operations.

- Experience in the defense technology or highly regulated industries.

## Skills

### Required
- Systems Engineering
- Network Engineering
- IT Infrastructure
- Cloud Architectures
- Hybrid Cloud Solutions
- On-Premises Infrastructure
- Enterprise Networking Technologies
- Server Virtualization
- Containerization Technologies
- Operating Systems
- Identity and Access Management
- Single Sign-On
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Scripting and Automation
- Infrastructure Deployment and Management

### Nice to have
- Infrastructure-as-Code
- CI/CD Pipelines
- DevOps Methodologies
- Data Center Design and Operations
- Defense Technology
- Highly Regulated Industries