SRE – AI Infrastructure & 100k+ GPU Clusters

SpaceX; Union Hill-Novelty Hill (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options and long-term incentives

401(k) retirement plan

Health, vision, dental coverage

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Vacation and parental leave

Employee shuttle program

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Site Reliability Engineer (Starshield) to design, operate, and scale on-prem GPU/CPU infrastructure supporting a national security mission. You will automate deployments, build scalable software, and work with AI teams to deliver reliable systems.

You will manage Kubernetes clusters, cloud-like on‑prem environments, and performance monitoring while coordinating with engineers across teams. This role requires willingness to extended hours and travel as needed.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret datacenters
• Manage and support GPU as a service for external customers 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 and manage databases, monitoring, and distributed storage
• Collaborate with AI engineers to create scalable, operable products
• Improve services lifecycle from design to operation and refinement
• Maintain high availability through monitoring and alerting
• Identify and implement performance improvements

Skills

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Bash

Python

C++

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

3+ years SRE/DevOps experience (in lieu of degree)

Tools

OCI containers

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Site Reliability Engineer (Starshield) to design, operate, and scale on-prem GPU/CPU infrastructure supporting a national security mission. You will automate deployments, build scalable software, and work with AI teams to deliver reliable systems.

You will manage Kubernetes clusters, cloud-like on‑prem environments, and performance monitoring while coordinating with engineers across teams. This role requires willingness to extended hours and travel as needed.