Manager, Classified IT Operations
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States
About this role
**Anduril Industries — Manager, Classified IT Operations** ## About the Role Anduril is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We’re seeking a **Manager, Classified IT Operations** to lead a team of **Systems Administrators** supporting **classified computing environments** across multiple networks and sites. This is a **people leadership** role: you’ll be responsible for **hiring, developing, and coaching** your team, while also staying **hands-on** in the classified environments your team supports. ## What You’ll Do - Directly manage a team of **Systems Administrators (IC2–IC4)**, including hiring, performance management, career development, and day-to-day coaching. - Translate organizational priorities into concrete team plans, balancing operational support, compliance requirements, and infrastructure projects. - Maintain hands-on technical credibility: review work, challenge technical decisions, and contribute directly when needed. - Drive execution for key deliverables including **patching cadences**, **STIG remediation**, **ATO preparation**, and **incident response**. - Coordinate with peer managers and teams across **Engineering, Cybersecurity, Facilities, and Security** to unblock work and align cross-functional efforts. - Own the team’s ticket queue and workload distribution, ensuring **SLA adherence** and timely resolution of **Tier 1–Tier 3** issues. - Develop and enforce **standard operating procedures**, documentation standards, and configuration baselines. - Represent the team in cross-functional forums, leadership reviews, and assessment preparation activities. - Support site expansion efforts, coordinating your team’s involvement in new network standup, deployment, and operational transition. - Conduct regular 1:1s, provide clear feedback, and lead performance conversations when needed. - Identify skill gaps and build development plans to grow team members from one level to the next. ## Required Qualifications - **Active TS/SCI security clearance**. - **Active CompTIA Security+** (or higher) or a **DoD 8140/8570-aligned** certification. - **5+ years** of systems administration experience supporting **Windows and/or Linux**. - **2+ years** of direct people management experience (hiring, performance management, career development). - Experience operating in **DoD, government, classified, or other regulated** computing environments. - Working knowledge of security compliance frameworks such as **STIG, RMF, NIST 800-53/800-171**. - Ability to prioritize and manage competing workloads across multiple environments or sites. - Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Ability to provide direct, constructive feedback and handle difficult performance conversations. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience managing teams supporting multiple classified networks at different classification levels. - Linux systems administration experience (e.g., **RHEL/CentOS**) in addition to Windows. - Familiarity with virtualization (**VMware vSphere, Hyper-V**) and enterprise storage. - Experience supporting **ATO preparation**, **SCA assessments**, or security control implementation. - Experience with configuration management/automation tools (e.g., **Ansible, GPO, PDQ, SCCM**). - Experience with **SIEM** (e.g., Splunk), vulnerability scanning (e.g., Tenable/Nessus), or endpoint management. - Experience scaling a team through rapid growth
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