SRE: AI GPU Infrastructure & On-Prem Kubernetes

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Performance bonuses

Comprehensive health coverage (medical

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

SpaceX is recruiting a Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale infrastructure supporting critical national security missions. You will build automation for on‑premise compute resources, deploy AI clusters at scale, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure highly available services.

You will work with Linux, Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, with responsibilities spanning from deployment to monitoring and lifecycle refinement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline; 1+ years in SRE/DevOps or 3+ years in lieu of a degree
• 1+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
• Experience with containerization technologies (OCI containers, Kubernetes)
• Scripting in Bash, Python, or other similar languages
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret data centers
• Manage and provide support for GPU as a service for external customers on bare metal hardware and virtualized platforms
• Design, validate, and productize solutions for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale)
• Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes/AI clusters, and operating systems
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage
• Collaborate with AI engineers to create scalable, operable products
• Engage in and improve the lifecycle of services from inception to refinement
• Monitoring and alerting supporting systems to have high availability
• Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions for high availability

Skills

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Bash

Python

Go

C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

OCI containers

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

SpaceX is recruiting a Site Reliability Engineer (STARSHIELD) to design, operate, and scale infrastructure supporting critical national security missions. You will build automation for on‑premise compute resources, deploy AI clusters at scale, and collaborate across engineering teams to ensure highly available services.

You will work with Linux, Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, with responsibilities spanning from deployment to monitoring and lifecycle refinement.