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Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOps

SpaceX· Information Technology - Corporate
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Hawthorne, CA$155k - $215kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior IT Systems Engineer focused on DevOps to design, implement, and evolve CI/CD platforms, infrastructure automation, and reliability practices for on-premise VM and Kubernetes infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, implement, and manage enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines and platforms running on both on-premise VM infrastructure and Kubernetes clusters.
  • Lead automation of deployment, configuration, monitoring, and operations to drive reliability, scalability, and efficiency across hundreds of on-premise servers, VMs, and containerized environments.
  • Define and enforce DevOps, SRE, and release engineering best practices, standards, and security controls across on-premise VM and Kubernetes infrastructure.
  • Partner closely with software engineering, development, and operations teams to streamline code integration, testing, delivery, and feedback loops.
  • Own system performance, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and optimization of on-premise VM clusters and Kubernetes environments; drive root-cause analysis and long-term improvements.
  • Design, maintain, and enhance observability (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting) for on-premise infrastructure using tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Influx, Splunk, or equivalents.
  • Lead high-availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies for on-premise VM and Kubernetes platforms, including planning, executing, and improving routine annual disaster recovery exercises.
  • Administer, scale, and evolve CI/CD platforms, source control systems (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Bamboo, or modern equivalents), and the supporting on-premise Kubernetes clusters or VM-based infrastructure they run on.
  • Propose, champion, and implement infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, and automated release processes for both VM and Kubernetes environments.
  • Mentor junior engineers, review designs and code, and contribute to team technical direction for on-premise infrastructure.
  • Evaluate and introduce new tools, platforms, and practices to improve developer productivity and operational excellence on on-premise systems.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems with 5+ years’ experience in DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or related role, OR 10+ years’ equivalent experience.
  • Experience administering and scaling Linux environments (physical, virtual/on-premise VMs, and containerized/Kubernetes).
  • Experience administering and scaling code hosting/collaboration platforms (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) and CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bamboo, or similar) on on-premise infrastructure.
  • Experience designing and operating production CI/CD pipelines and automation at scale on VM and Kubernetes platforms.

Skills

Required:CI/CD pipelinesOn-premise VM infrastructureKubernetes
Nice to have:Observability toolingIaC/GitOpsSRE/Release engineeringAutomation scripting

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or long-term cash awards)
  • Discretionary bonuses and 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 (3 weeks) and 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave policy and other discounts/perks
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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