Site Reliability Engineer II

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At Blue Origin we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Were working to develop reusable safe and lowcost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety collaboration and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

As part of a growing team of experts you will provide the data vital to design build and launch rockets faster cheaper and with continually higher quality. We accomplish this by building stateofthe art software and analyzing data to uncover patterns for quick decision making. We design systems that track millions of physical parts and complex manufacturing activities in remote locations. We build systems that process massive amounts of data and engineering tools that enable rapid design and iteration. We are seeking team members of all backgrounds who are passionate about space and who have a strong desire to serve on a team that is the backbone of the company. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

As a Platform Engineer you will work on rewarding problems and interesting technologies. You will bring a software engineering approach to ensuring our systems are operational and scalable. You will implement the infrastructure that allows for rapid development and iteration of software throughout the company including distributed systems and embedded software onboard our rockets and space vehicles. You will make decisions and implement systems that affect the capabilities of thousands of rocket scientists and engineers at Blue Origin and beyond.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise leadership skills and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Our tech stack at glance:

• Amazon Web Services

• Kubernetes and Docker

• Datadog

• Splunk

• Linux

• Terraform/GitOps

• Java Go and Python

What makes our Platform Engineers successful

• Technical breadth and depth with a strong understanding of emerging trends and technologies

• A strong bias for automating everything and reducing toil

• Humility and the enthusiasm to learn unfamiliar domains

• A strong customer first personality and desire to be a domain expert

• High Judgement with technical design decisions

Responsibilities:

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of software in the Cloud from inception and design through deployment operation and refinement

• Administer the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform and assist the Security team in developing detections

• Experience identifying common data patterns to help create notifications and alerts around anomalies.

• Support services before they go to production through activities such as system design consulting developing software platforms and frameworks scaling and launch reviews.

• Maintain software once it is live by measuring and monitoring availability latency and overall system health.

• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.

• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

• Configure deploy scale and administer open source and commercial software

Qualifications:

• Understanding of and experience with modern software development practices

• Interest in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems

• Experience implementing technical solutions from security requirements

• A minimum of 2 years of handson experience with Splunk in a production enterprise environment.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code and technologies used to achieve this

• Knowledge of software defined networking (VPC Subnets Firewalls VPNs etc.

• Experience in one or more of the following: Python Go Rust C or C.

• Ability to earn trust maintain positive and professional relationships and contribute to a culture of inclusion

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Desired:

• Terraform and AWS experience

• Systematic problemsolving approach coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive.

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET) where were developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origins mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

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Inclusivity Statement

Dont meet all desired requirements Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blues Standard Background Check

• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DIBDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation

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Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical dental vision basic and supplemental life insurance paid parental leave short and longterm disability 401(k) with a company match of up to 5 and an Education Support Program.

• Paid Time Off: Up to four 4 weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 companypaid holidays.

• Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

• Eligibility for benefits varies by role type please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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