SRE, Kubernetes Platform — Scale Global Infra

InvestedintheMission; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Site Reliability Engineer for the Starshield platform in a role focused on building scalable, reliable infrastructure. You will automate deployment, operate on-premise Kubernetes clusters, and collaborate with software engineers to ensure high availability across the Starshield stack.

The position emphasizes strong Linux, Kubernetes, and infrastructure skills with experience in Terraform/Ansible, plus programming in Python/Go/C++.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 1+ years of professional experience in site reliability engineering or DevOps; OR 3+ years of professional experience in site reliability engineering or DevOps 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 (i.e. OCI containers, Kubernetes)
• Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or other similar languages
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go

Responsibilities

• Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes clusters
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed 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
• Monitoring and alerting supporting systems to have high availability
• Hands-on integration and troubleshooting across the entire Starshield stack
• Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions that enable high system availability

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Go

C++

Bash

TCP/IP networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Site Reliability Engineer for the Starshield platform in a role focused on building scalable, reliable infrastructure. You will automate deployment, operate on-premise Kubernetes clusters, and collaborate with software engineers to ensure high availability across the Starshield stack.

The position emphasizes strong Linux, Kubernetes, and infrastructure skills with experience in Terraform/Ansible, plus programming in Python/Go/C++.