Senior SRE – AI GPU Infra for Global Missions

InvestedintheMission; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale the infrastructure behind Starshield's AI and GPU platforms.

You will automate on‑premise compute resources, build scalable software, and collaborate with broader engineering teams to ensure reliability of critical national security missions. The role covers SRE/DevOps for GPU clusters, Kubernetes, databases, and storage, with opportunities to mentor engineers and lead technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in CS/IT/engineering or equivalent with 5+ years Linux experience.
• 5+ years Kubernetes experience.
• 5+ years Linux OS management.
• Terraform, Ansible or similar tools.
• Containerization tech knowledge (OCI, Kubernetes).
• Scripting in Bash/Python or similar.
• Development in Python/C++/Go.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage GPU/CPU infrastructure for Top Secret data centers.
• Provide GPU-as-a-service on bare metal and virtualized platforms.
• Design and productize AI cluster solutions (100k+ GPUs).
• Develop automation for on-prem Kubernetes/AI clusters and OS management.
• Deploy core infra: databases, monitoring, and distributed storage.
• Collaborate with AI engineers on scalable, operable products.
• Own full lifecycle of services from inception to refinement.
• Implement monitoring and alerting for high availability.
• Identify improvements and implement high-availability solutions.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• Lead the team to technical excellence as a senior engineer.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Terraform

Ansible

Containerization

Python

C++

Go

Shell scripting

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/engineering

Tools

OCI containers

Kubernetes (AI clusters)

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale the infrastructure behind Starshield's AI and GPU platforms.

You will automate on‑premise compute resources, build scalable software, and collaborate with broader engineering teams to ensure reliability of critical national security missions. The role covers SRE/DevOps for GPU clusters, Kubernetes, databases, and storage, with opportunities to mentor engineers and lead technical excellence.