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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.
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The Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Starshield) joins the satellite software team to support national security efforts involving earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. This role involves developing automation to deploy and manage compute resources on-premises and in the cloud while managing core infrastructure like databases, monitoring, and storage. You will collaborate with software engineers to create scalable, maintainable products and manage the full service lifecycle from inception through operational refinement. Key technical requirements include extensive experience with Linux operating systems, Kubernetes, and scripting languages like Bash and Python. Candidates should possess knowledge of TCP/IP networking, distributed databases, and build technologies such as Bazel and Makefiles. The work focuses on building secure, reliable, and autonomous software systems for in-space mesh networks and next-generation sensing software.
What does a Site Reliability Engineer earn in California?
Median $202800 from 62 postings across 16 companies.
Develop automation to deploy and manage compute resources on-premises and in the cloud.
Deploy and manage core infrastructure including databases, monitoring systems, and storage.
Create highly scalable, operable, and maintainable products in collaboration with software engineers.
Manage the full service lifecycle from initial design and inception through deployment and refinement.
Manage and maintain large-scale Kubernetes clusters.
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks using various performance improvement techniques.
Automate the management of hundreds or thousands of servers using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
Provide operational support and maintain the software lifecycle for satellite systems.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
7+ years of professional experience in software, DevOps, or site reliability engineering in lieu of a degree.
5+ years of experience with Kubernetes.
5+ years of experience with Linux operating systems.
Experience in Bash, Python, and/or other scripting languages.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee eligible for Department of State authorization.
Must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance (preferred).