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Site Reliability Engineer (Top Secret Clearance)

SpaceX· Information Technology - Corporate
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Hawthorne, CA$145k - $195kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Site Reliability Engineer responsible for designing scalable on-premises and cloud infrastructure, automating deployment, and supporting secure, reliable, and autonomous software systems within SpaceX’s Classified IT Systems Engineering team. Involves life cycle ownership from development to operational support.

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, 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

Skills

Required:KubernetesLinuxScripting (Bash, Python)On-premises and cloud systems

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives, stock or long-term cash awards, potential discretionary bonuses, and 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
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Paid sick leave
  • Various other discounts and perks
  • 10+ paid holidays per year
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • Clearance differential up to $20,000 annually for active clearance holders
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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