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Salary: USD 147,000 - 196,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain network systems supporting its manufacturing environments, particularly within the Maritime Division's Proto-Factory in Orange County, California. This is a highly hands-on role combining network expertise with practical field experience in industrial and manufacturing settings.
You will work directly within production spaces, partnering with Manufacturing Engineering, Facilities, Security, and IT teams to ensure factory networks are reliable, secure, and aligned with ISA-95 and Purdue Model standards. Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting detailed site walks and surveys to assess network needs, validate capacity, and plan installations in manufacturing spaces
- Designing and implementing secure, segmented network architectures for factory and OT systems based on ISA-95 and Purdue Model principles
- Installing, configuring, and supporting routers, switches, firewalls, wireless infrastructure, and industrial networking devices
- Supporting manufacturing buildouts including new production lines, machine onboarding, and control system integration
- Performing hands-on cabling validation, equipment racking, hardware placement, and physical layer troubleshooting
- Managing network equipment inventory across facilities, including tracking, forecasting, and ordering hardware
- Handling procurement activities for networking components and coordinating with vendors and subcontractors
- Maintaining accurate documentation for network topology, cabling, VLAN and IP assignments, and inter-zone communication flows
- Implementing and managing network security controls including segmentation, ACLs, firewalls, and intrusion detection/prevention systems
- Monitoring network performance and performing proactive maintenance to ensure stability of production and automation systems
- Providing on-call support and escalation assistance for production and OT network incidents
- Traveling to remote facilities for surveys, installations, and infrastructure upgrades
The role is part of Anduril's Maritime Division, which is transforming American sea power and scaling at a historic pace. The Proto-Factory in Orange County serves as the prototyping hub for Arsenal-2, a new software-defined shipyard being built in Baltimore County, Maryland, as part of a $6.6 billion investment in America's submarine industrial base.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 5 to 7 years of Enterprise or OT network engineering experience with ability to lead deployments with minimal guidance
- Hands-on experience performing site surveys, field installations, and factory or industrial network buildouts
- Familiarity with ISA-95 and Purdue Model segmentation for operational technology environments
- Proficiency with Cisco, Arista, and Palo Alto platforms including Panorama and NGFW
- Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, wireless systems, and firewall policy management
- Understanding of industrial protocols such as Modbus/TCP, Ethernet IP, and PROFINET with awareness of how to secure them
- Experience with datacenter or private cloud networking such as EVPN VXLAN
- Strong communication, documentation, and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to lift 50 pounds and work in production or construction environments as needed
- Ability to travel to remote sites for installation and support
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. TS clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with industrial networking platforms such as Rockwell Stratix, Hirschmann, or Moxa
- Experience in environments that blend IT and OT security practices
- Familiarity with Arista or Aruba hardware
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI
- Experience with Python, Nornir, Jinja, Ansible, or Terraform for automation
- Background supporting rapid-growth factory or manufacturing operations
