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Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield Software Engineering
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Hybrid (Redmond, WA)$125k - $160kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Site Reliability Engineer role focused on Starshield's software and network infrastructure, designing, operating, and scaling on-premise Kubernetes platforms and related infrastructure for SpaceX's Starshield satellite constellation.

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

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

Skills

Required:Kubernetes administrationLinuxTerraformAnsibleScriptingPython

Benefits

  • comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • short and long-term disability insurance
  • life insurance
  • paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • employee stock purchase plan / long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • various discounts and perks
  • company shuttles from select Seattle locations to SpaceX Redmond office
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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