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Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform (Top Secret Clearance)

SpaceX· Information Technology - Corporate
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Hawthorne, CA$145k - $195kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Site Reliability Engineer responsible for designing scalable systems to support data products, building automation, and maintaining secure, reliable, and autonomous software systems with on-prem and cloud resources.

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

Benefits

  • 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
  • Paid vacation and holidays
  • Paid sick leave
  • Other discounts and perks
  • Active clearance differential (up to $20,000 annually) for those briefed into a classified program
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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