Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOps

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. IT SYSTEMS ENGINEER DEVOPS

SpaceX is looking for a Senior IT Systems Engineer with a focus on DevOps to join our growing team. You will own the architecture design implementation and evolution of our CI/CD platforms infrastructure automation and reliability engineering practices at scale including on-premise VM and Kubernetes infrastructure. This employee will be a senior member of the Information Technology IT Applications team. The ideal candidate will be a technical leader who is flexible and flourishes in a fast-paced high-stakes environment. He or she should be a self-starter self-motivator and possess the ingenuity and ownership to excel at this position while mentoring others.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect design implement and manage enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines and platforms running on both on-premise VM infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters.
• Lead automation of deployment configuration monitoring and operations to drive reliability scalability and efficiency across hundreds of on-premise servers VMs and containerized environments.
• Define and enforce DevOps SRE and release engineering best practices standards and security controls across on-premise VM and Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Partner closely with software engineering development and operations teams to streamline code integration testing delivery and feedback loops.
• Own system performance capacity planning troubleshooting and optimization of on-premise VM clusters and Kubernetes environments; drive root-cause analysis and long-term improvements.
• Design maintain and enhance observability (logging metrics tracing alerting) for on-premise infrastructure using tools such as Grafana Prometheus Influx Splunk or equivalents.
• Lead high-availability disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for on-premise VM and Kubernetes platforms including planning executing and improving routine annual disaster recovery exercises.
• Administer scale and evolve CI/CD platforms source control systems (e.g. GitHub GitLab Bitbucket Jenkins Bamboo or modern equivalents) and the supporting on-premise Kubernetes clusters or VM-based infrastructure they run on.
• Propose champion and implement infrastructure-as-code GitOps and automated release processes for both VM and Kubernetes environments.
• Mentor junior engineers review designs and code and contribute to team technical direction for on-premise infrastructure.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools platforms and practices to improve developer productivity and operational excellence on on-premise systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or information systems with 5 years experience in DevOps SRE platform engineering or related role OR 10 years equivalent experience.
• Experience administering and scaling Linux environments (physical virtual/on-premise VMs and containerized/Kubernetes).
• Experience administering and scaling code hosting/collaboration platforms (GitHub GitLab Bitbucket) and CI/CD systems (Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI Bamboo or similar) on on-premise infrastructure.
• Experience designing and operating production CI/CD pipelines and automation at scale on VM and Kubernetes platforms.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Strong experience with observability and monitoring stacks (Prometheus Grafana Splunk ELK etc.) for on-premise VM and Kubernetes environments.
• Advanced scripting and programming (Python Bash Go Groovy or similar).
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) including on-premise Kubernetes distributions (e.g. kubeadm Rancher OpenShift Tanzu).
• Experience with configuration management and IaC (Ansible Terraform Chef Puppet or similar) for on-premise VMs and Kubernetes clusters.
• Deep knowledge of Git branching strategies semantic versioning and release management.
• Experience with on-premise virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere Hyper-V KVM or similar) and hybrid VM/Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with security hardening networking and compliance for on-premise infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives influence across teams and thrive in a fast-paced high-ownership environment.
• Excellent communication documentation and mentoring skills.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing to work extended hours or weekends as necessary.
• Ability to pass Air Force background checks for Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Level 3: $155000.00 - $215000.00

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.

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 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 and long-term 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.

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