This role pays more than
80%
of similar roles. Most pay
$126,800–$178,175
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$185k
versus about
$152k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
SpaceX currently has
720 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
across 511 roles with salary data.
Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOps will join the Information Technology IT Applications team to own the architecture, design, and evolution of CI/CD platforms, infrastructure automation, and reliability engineering practices at scale. This role involves managing on-premise VM and Kubernetes infrastructure while leading the automation of deployment, configuration, monitoring, and operations for hundreds of servers. The engineer will implement infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, and observability using tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Influx, and Splunk. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Linux environments, container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, and scripting in Python, Bash, Go, or Groovy. Candidates must also possess experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Terraform, along with expertise in source control systems like GitHub or GitLab to streamline code integration and delivery across complex on-premise infrastructure.