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Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Starshield)
SpaceX is deploying Starshield, the world's largest US government satellite constellation providing critical intelligence and national security data to the US government globally. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on Starshield's software and GPU infrastructure, you will design, operate and scale the infrastructure supporting these critical national security missions.
Responsibilities
- Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret data centers
- Manage and provide support for GPU as a service for external customers on bare metal hardware and virtualized platforms
- Design, validate, and productize solutions for AI clusters at 100k+ GPU scale
- Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes and AI clusters, and operating systems
- Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage
- Closely collaborate with AI engineers to create highly scalable, operable, and maintainable products
- Engage in the whole lifecycle of services from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement
- Implement monitoring and alerting to maintain high availability
- Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions for high system availability
- Mentor and train junior engineers
- Lead the team to technical excellence and guide technical decisions
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems; OR 7+ years of professional experience in software, DevOps, or site reliability engineering
- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes
- 5+ years of experience managing Linux operating systems
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
- Experience with containerization technologies (OCI containers, Kubernetes)
- Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or similar languages
- Development experience in Python, C++, or Go
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 5+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks
- Experience managing Kubernetes clusters, not just using them
- Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration
- Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and continuous monitoring
- Understanding of relevant build technologies such as Bazel and Makefiles
- Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques
- Understanding of distributed databases and data modeling
- Experience automatically managing thousands of servers (Terraform or Ansible)
- Strong networking knowledge of TCP/IP
- Cloud virtualization experience as the cloud provider
- Experience with NVIDIA GPU deployment stacks (Blackwell/Rubin)
- Excellent communications skills with customers, peers, and management
- Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance
Additional Requirements
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Must be willing to travel domestically and globally when needed
- This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment. While the clearance may not be immediately necessary upon hire, you are encouraged to initiate the application process promptly upon accepting the offer.
Compensation
Pay Range Level 3: $165,000 to $265,000 annually. Actual base salary determined case-by-case based on job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program.
Total rewards include long-term incentives in company stock or long-term cash awards, potential discretionary bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
US Person Requirement
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.