Deployment Lead, Strategic Defense

The Operations Cyber & Security team is responsible for safely deploying and sustaining a mission-critical command-and-control capability across laboratories test ranges data-center environments and operational sites. Site Operations is the connective tissue between the customer engineering field support logistics security and program leadership. We make sure every site is ready to receive operate exercise and sustain the capability.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are hiring a Deployment Lead to own end-to-end readiness and the day-to-day operating picture for a portfolio of deployment sites. This is a deeply technical field-facing program role. You will be the primary site liaison orchestrating people access equipment logistics schedules technical support and customer communication from the first survey through deployment and sustainment. You will lead through influence across engineering Site Reliability Engineering Deployment Operations security procurement Growth Operations and government stakeholders.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Serve as the accountable program liaison for assigned sites establishing trusted relationships with customer points of contact operators local support teams and internal stakeholders.
• Lead site surveys and readiness reviews; translate power cooling rack space network access security shipping travel and staffing conditions into an owned action plan.
• Maintain authoritative site profiles covering points of contact access procedures technical configuration frequently asked questions travel logistics shipping open actions and operational history.
• Plan and coordinate deployments ground tests live-fire exercises customer visits training events and sustainment activities including agendas staffing access travel equipment and after-action follow-through.
• Build and manage integrated schedules readiness gates dependencies risks decisions and issue-resolution plans across concurrent sites and events.
• Coordinate purchase requests purchase orders shipping receiving material staging and local logistics while maintaining clear ownership and traceability for site equipment.
• Partner with Deployment Operations to itemize new hardware establish catalog and part records verify asset accountability and ensure equipment is eligible and compliant for customer-facing growth events.
• Orchestrate engineering and Site Reliability Engineering support for node flashing installation troubleshooting hardware replacement and return-to-service activities.
• Develop and maintain reusable site-survey guides technical orientation materials exercise-support playbooks end-user troubleshooting manuals and controlled emergency-access procedures.
• Own user-feedback intake and after-action reviews; turn observations into prioritized traceable actions and clearly distinguish site-support needs from product-roadmap decisions.
• Provide concise status risk and readiness reporting through a deployment calendar near-term action board and six-month look-ahead for leadership and cross-functional teams.

• 5 years of experience in technical program management field operations deployment operations systems integration or a comparable role delivering complex hardware and software capabilities.
• Demonstrated ownership of multi-site or multi-event execution involving customers engineering teams logistics access constraints and time-critical dependencies.
• Working knowledge of integrated hardware software networking and data-center or field-site infrastructure; able to understand technical architecture and ask the questions that reveal execution risk.
• Experience building executable plans schedules readiness criteria risk registers decision logs and clear status reporting in an ambiguous environment.
• Ability to build trust with government customers and end users lead through influence and resolve issues without waiting for perfect information.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including the ability to brief technical operational and executive audiences.
• Ability to travel 3050% work non-standard hours during major events and operate on site in classified or controlled environments.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance and is eligible to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

• Experience deploying distributed command-and-control edge-compute sensor communications or other mission systems in DoD environments.
• Experience planning site surveys for data-center or integration-lab environments including rack power cooling network and physical-security requirements.
• Experience supporting developmental test operational test range activities ground test or live-fire exercises.
• Familiarity with asset management serialization barcode-based inventory hardware configuration records procurement and reverse logistics.
• Experience with Jira Confluence Smartsheet Microsoft Project or equivalent tools for execution and knowledge management.
• Working knowledge of RMF classified handling controlled data movement courier procedures or secure shipping requirements.
• PMP CAPM or comparable program-management certification.

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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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