SRE: Kubernetes Platform Engineer (TS Clearance)

Spacex; Hawthorne, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design and operate scalable, secure infrastructure supporting classified data products. The role encompasses on-prem and cloud resources, automation, and collaboration with software teams to deliver reliable services.

The candidate will work with GPU-accelerated workloads, databases, monitoring, and storage while maintaining a focus on lifecycle management and operational excellence. A Top Secret clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, information systems, or an engineering discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software, DevOps, or site reliability engineering in lieu of a degree
• 1+ year of experience with Kubernetes
• 1+ year of experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience in Bash, Python, and/or other scripting languages
• Experience building, maintaining, and scaling on-premises and/or cloud systems
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop automation to deploy and manage compute resources both on-premises and in the cloud
• Build, maintain, and scale on-premises hardware systems designed to host GPU-accelerated machine learning workloads
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and storage
• Closely collaborate with software engineers to create highly scalable, operable and maintainable products
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services -- from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Bash

Python

On-prem/cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering; OR 2+ years of related experience

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to design and operate scalable, secure infrastructure supporting classified data products. The role encompasses on-prem and cloud resources, automation, and collaboration with software teams to deliver reliable services.

The candidate will work with GPU-accelerated workloads, databases, monitoring, and storage while maintaining a focus on lifecycle management and operational excellence. A Top Secret clearance is required.