Site Reliability Engineer, Hardware and Infrastructure (Starshield)
Site Reliability Engineer, Hardware and Infrastructure (Starshield)
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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER HARDWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE (STARSHIELD)
At SpaceX were leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy the Starshield constellation. Starshield is the worlds largest US government satellite constellation and is tasked with providing immediate access to critical intelligence and national security data for the US government anywhere on the globe. We design build test and operate all parts of the system receivers that allow users to connect within minutes and the software that brings it all together. Weve only begun to scratch the surface of Starshields global impact and are looking for bestinclass engineers to help us further our ambitious goals.
As an engineer focused on Starshields software and network infrastructure you will design operate and scale the infrastructure we use to run the worlds largest government satellite constellation. These positions cover a variety of areas ranging from Site Reliability Engineering Developer Operations and our internal Kubernetes platforms. You will develop automation to deploy and manage onpremise compute resources create highly scalable and maintainable software products and directly collaborate with engineering across the board.
RESPONSIBILITES:
- Develop automation to deploy and manage onpremise compute resources
- Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases monitoring and distributed storage
- Closely collaborate with software engineers to create highly scalable operable and maintainable products
- Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of hardware from inception and design through deployment operation scaling and retirement
- Invent tools and processes that enable fast accurate and easytouse development and deployment systems
- Handson integration and troubleshooting across the entire Starshield stack
- Create and manage core infrastructure such as databases and software libraries
- Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions that enable high developer velocity
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in computer science information systems/IT or an engineering discipline and 1 years of professional experience in systems administration site reliability engineering or DevOps; OR 3 years of professional experience in systems administration site reliability engineering or DevOps in lieu of a degree
- 1 years of professional experience with Linux operating systems
- Experience with Terraform Ansible or other infrastructure tools
- Experience with containerization technologies (i.e. Docker Kubernetes)
- Experience in Bash Python and/or other scripting languages
- Development experience in Python Go C or C
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- 1 years of experience with Python and Pythonbased development frameworks
- Strong understanding of operating systems virtualization and hypervisor technologies
- Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration
- Deep understanding of testing continuous integration build deployment and monitoring
- Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques
- Experience with automatically managing dozens hundreds or thousands of servers
- Strong networking knowledge of TCP/IP
- Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with customers peers management etc. in both formal and informal situations
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so you will be subject to preemployment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Pay range:
Site Reliability Engineer/Level I: $120000.00 $145000.00/per year
Site Reliability Engineer/Level II: $140000.00 $170000.00/per year
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a casebycase basis and may vary based on the following considerations: jobrelated knowledge and skills education and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for longterm incentives in the form of company stock stock options or longterm cash awards as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical vision and dental coverage access to a 401(k) retirement plan short and longterm disability insurance life insurance paid parental leave and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual carryover and use requirements of the law
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceXs Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to.
Employment Type
Full Time
