Senior AI Infra SRE — GPU Clusters & On-Prem Kubernetes

InvestedintheMission; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options (long-term incentives)

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

Paid holidays (10+)

Sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale on‑premise GPU and AI infrastructure for a national security‑focused constellation.

The role emphasizes automation, Kubernetes, and cross‑team collaboration with AI engineers to deliver highly available services. You will mentor junior engineers, lead critical infra initiatives, and work across data centers with stringent security requirements, including Top Secret clearance considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or higher in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent with 5+ years of Linux/SRE/DevOps experience.
• 5+ years of Kubernetes administration and 5+ years of Linux OS management.

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret data centers.
• Provide support for GPU as a service on bare metal and virtualized platforms.
• Design, validate, and productize AI cluster solutions (100k+ GPU scale).
• Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes/AI clusters and OSes.
• Deploy core infrastructure including databases, monitoring, and distributed storage.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to build scalable, operable products.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of services from design to operation.
• Maintain high availability with robust monitoring and alerting.
• Identify improvement opportunities and implement innovative solutions.
• Mentor and train junior engineers; lead the team to technical excellence.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Python

C++

Go

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale on‑premise GPU and AI infrastructure for a national security‑focused constellation.

The role emphasizes automation, Kubernetes, and cross‑team collaboration with AI engineers to deliver highly available services. You will mentor junior engineers, lead critical infra initiatives, and work across data centers with stringent security requirements, including Top Secret clearance considerations.