SRE, AI GPU Infra for Starshield

SpaceX; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options / equity

Medical, vision, dental

401(k)

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation

10+ paid holidays

Sick leave

Potential signing bonus

Job summary

SpaceX is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale on-premise GPU/CPU infrastructure for critical national security missions. You will automate deployments, build scalable software, and collaborate with AI teams across the company.

The role requires Linux expertise, Terraform/Ansible, and container tech like Kubernetes, with a TS/SCI or DOE-level clearance considered. SpaceX offers strong compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or engineering with 1+ year in SRE/DevOps; or 3+ years in SRE/DevOps without a degree.
• 1+ years of Linux experience and scripting in Bash, Python or similar.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible or other infra tools.
• Experience with containerization (Kubernetes, OCI).
• Proficient in Python, C++, or Go development.

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments in Top Secret data centers.
• Provide support for GPU as a service on bare metal and virtualized platforms.
• Design and productize AI cluster solutions at 100k+ GPU scale.
• Automate deployment and management of on-prem Kubernetes/AI clusters and OSes.
• Deploy core infra: databases, monitoring, and distributed storage.
• Collaborate with AI engineers for scalable, operable products.
• Improve the full lifecycle of services from design to operation.
• Implement monitoring and alerting for high availability.
• Identify improvements and develop innovative solutions for reliability.

Skills

Linux

Python

Go

C++

Bash

DevOps

SRE

Cloud

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

OCI containers

Docker

Python tooling

Job description

SpaceX is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale on-premise GPU/CPU infrastructure for critical national security missions. You will automate deployments, build scalable software, and collaborate with AI teams across the company.

The role requires Linux expertise, Terraform/Ansible, and container tech like Kubernetes, with a TS/SCI or DOE-level clearance considered. SpaceX offers strong compensation and benefits.