Sr. Site Reliability Engineer Top Secret Clearance (Application Software, Data)

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.

SR. SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER DATA - TOP SECRET CLEARANCE (APPLICATION SOFTWARE DATA)

The application software team is the central nervous system of SpaceX we create mission-critical applications that are used throughout SpaceX to accelerate launch vehicle production and flight as well as systems that allow Starlink to grow into a worldwide fast reliable Internet service. Our missions support scientific research classified national security space and commercial opportunities. Software engineering and innovation are at the core of these programs.

Our team is currently creating and evolving systems to enable rapid build and reuse of Starship as well as scaling the Starlink network. We have built systems to support concurrent streams of data from numerous always-on assets enabling the management of the worlds largest satellite constellation and the worlds largest rocket. We work directly with engineers across all programs to enable and accelerate the success of Starship Starlink and Starshield.

Aerospace experience is not required for success here - rather we look for smart motivated and collaborative site reliability engineers who love solving problems and want to make an impact on a truly inspiring mission. You will have full ownership of challenging problems working with a team of enthusiastic engineers to design and produce solutions that enable SpaceX to move towards our goals at a rapid pace. The success of the missions at SpaceX depends on the software that you and your team produce.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Upgrade existing distributed systems to become sharded and geo-redundant in multiple data centers
• Advance existing deployment monitoring and alerting infrastructure to support a multi-region environment
• Manage petabyte scale bare metal compute clusters
• Closely collaborate with engineers across all programs to create highly operable scalable and maintainable products
• Engage throughout the whole software development lifecycle of services -- from inception to design deployment operation and iterative refinement
• Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in computer science engineering math or scientific discipline and 5 years of software development experience; OR 7 years of professional experience building software with site reliability or DevOps in lieu of a degree
• Experience with Linux operating systems

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years of rigorous experience with site reliability or DevOps
• Experience with Kubernetes and Istio for on-premise deployment
• Experience within-stream data processing andanalyticsusing open source platforms such as Apache Kafka Spark HBase HDFS Flink
• Experience troubleshooting hardware and network-layer issues
• Programming experience in Python C# Java ScalaGoor similar languages
• Good understanding of version control testing continuous integration build deployment and monitoring

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI. Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions. If so you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
• Willing to work extended hours and weekends when needed

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills education and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential up to an additional $15000 annually once officially briefed into a classified program.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock stock options or long-term 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 & long-term disability insurance life insurance paid parental leave and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation & 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.

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