Product Operations Engineer - Counter Intrusion

Costa Mesa · Irvine, CA (OC-62) · USD 112,000-149,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026

At a glance

The Product Operations Engineer will architect systems to observe, maintain, and evolve the Counter-Intrusion business line's deployed fleet.
This role focuses on building operational tooling, reporting infrastructure, and deployment processes to ensure the health and reliability of technology at scale.
The position involves translating raw telemetry into actionable metrics and codifying operational knowledge through runbooks and SOPs.

Design, develop, and maintain queries and dashboards for uptime reporting across the deployed fleet.
Plan and execute software deployments to towers, managing the lifecycle from validation through rollout and verification.
Collaborate with software engineering to develop and tailor monitoring solutions for new tower deployments.
Optimize monitoring configurations for legacy products to reduce alert noise and identify coverage gaps.
Author, update, and refine runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides.
Assess and improve fleet observability and telemetry standards.
Analyze operational data to identify systemic reliability trends and proactively surface issues.
Define and implement process improvements for deployment workflows and incident response procedures.
Develop and maintain automation to reduce manual operational overhead.

5+ years of experience in a technical operations or engineering role with hands-on responsibility for production systems.
Prior experience in a product operations, technical support, or site reliability role supporting deployed hardware/software systems.
Proficiency in developing monitoring queries, dashboards, and alerting configurations using platforms like Datadog or Grafana.
Experience planning and executing software deployments to distributed systems.
Scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash).
Experience with software development tooling such as Git and issue tracking tools like Jira.
Demonstrated ability to author clear, thorough technical documentation.
Proven ability to work independently and deliver results without close direction.
Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills.
Active U.S. security clearance.

Prior military or government agency exposure/experience.
Experience building queries and dashboards in Datadog, Grafana (PromQL/LogQL), or equivalent.
Experience with Linux system administration and command-line troubleshooting of electromechanical or networked systems.
Experience supporting autonomous sensor tower systems or similar deployed C-UAS/counter-intrusion technology.
Exposure to Anduril's Lattice OS or similar command-and-control software platforms.
Experience operating in limited risk tolerance production environments with on-call responsibilities.
Willingness to work non-standard hours and weekends when operational needs require.