Cloud Engineer

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 TEAM

The Multinational Digital Infrastructure team is responsible for designing, deploying, and sustaining the sovereign and multinational systems that power Anduril’s global Maritime and AUKUS missions. As a Cloud Engineer, you will design and implement cloud environments that enable Anduril to effectively operate sovereign programmes in the U.K. and Australia, as well as expanding to other nations as Anduril’s global presence increases. You will work across engineering, security, and product teams to ensure our digital infrastructure is secure, scalable, and ready to support emerging mission demands.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise cloud landing zones, security and infrastructure tooling.
• Collaborate with teams across the U.S. and Australia to enable secure connectivity between other sovereign cloud environments.
• Partner with government customers, authorizing officials (AOs), cybersecurity teams, and policy shops to accelerate accreditation, break through legacy barriers, and unlock access for cross-nation engineering teams.
• Implement infrastructure automation (IaC), observability tooling, and secure configuration baselines to support scalable, repeatable environment builds.
• Work closely with product, autonomy, Lattice, and Maritime engineering teams to integrate infrastructure capabilities with platform development, testing, and deployment workflows.
• Act as a technical leader during environment standup, troubleshooting, and validation events; ensure classified systems perform reliably in support of mission-critical needs.
• Support development of next-generation secure architectures for multinational development, data sharing, and mission system integration across Maritime platforms.
• Serve as a technical representative during customer events, exercises, and operational demonstrations to ensure infrastructure readiness and mission success.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to obtain and maintain a UK security clearance to SC level - see UK Security Vetting’s guidance pack for further details.

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM field or equivalent engineering experience.

• Technical depth in one or more: cloud infrastructure, secure networking, systems engineering, DevSecOps, platform architecture, cybersecurity, identity & access management. Specific technology will include:

• Cloud - AWS, Azure

• Infrastructure as Code - Terraform, CloudFormation

• SCM - GitHub Enterprise

• CI/CD - CircleCI, Gitlab

• IDAM + SSO - Okta, AWS Identity Center

• 8+ years of relevant engineering, infrastructure, or technical program execution experience.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required - typically around 10%.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with secure systems engineering, ideally within UK Government or Defence. Experience in other highly regulated industries may also be relevant - for example Financial Services, Energy or Healthcare.
• Experience provisioning large enterprise cloud platforms for hundreds or thousands of users.
• Experience designing or maintaining distributed systems, secure networks, or infrastructure supporting autonomy, AI/ML, or big data workloads.
• Demonstrated ability to work across technical disciplines, influence without authority, and operate in ambiguous and fast-paced environments.
• Experience working with international partners or navigating multi-nation technical or policy workflows.

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: 

Healthcare Benefits 

• US Roles: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you. 
• UK & AUS Roles: We cover full cost of medical insurance premiums for you and your dependents. 
• IE Roles: We offer an annual contribution toward your private health insurance for you and your dependents.

 

Additional Benefits 

• Income Protection: Anduril covers life and disability insurance for all employees. 
• Generous time off: Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December. Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs. 
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting. 
• Mental Health Resources: Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching. Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available. 
• Professional Development: Annual reimbursement for professional development 
• Commuter Benefits: Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region. 
• Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.

 

Retirement Savings Plan 

• US Roles: Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options. 
• UK & IE Roles: Pension plan with employer match. 
• AUS Roles: Superannuation plan.

 

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process. 

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