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Security Engineer (Infrastructure)

SpaceX· Security Engineering
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Bastrop, TXNot specifiedPosted 5d ago

About the role

Security Engineer (Infrastructure) at SpaceX to design, build, and operate on-prem Kubernetes-based security services, automate operations, harden clusters, respond to incidents, and enable scalable, secure platform delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate on-premises Kubernetes clusters that security services run on.
  • Automate cluster build-out, configuration, upgrades, and day-to-day operations.
  • Run the compute, storage, and networking those clusters depend on.
  • Keep platform services reliable, including scheduling, ingress, load balancing, and storage.
  • Harden clusters and workloads, including RBAC, policy, secrets, and secure configuration.
  • Respond to production incidents and drive them to a fix.
  • Instrument clusters and workloads so failures are visible before they become outages.
  • Document what you run, keep it working, and advise other teams on it.
  • Find threats and gaps with security and IT, then ship platform and deployment changes that reduce risk.
  • Deliver solutions that are scalable, repeatable, maintainable, and secure.
  • Coordinate with information security, IT, software, and other partners.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience operating production infrastructure and high school diploma or equivalency certificate in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience operating on-premises Kubernetes in a production environment.
  • Experience with Linux system administration and with Python, Go, or another language used to automate infrastructure.

Skills

Required:KubernetesLinux system administrationPython, Go, or other automation language
Nice to have:RBACSecurity hardeningInfrastructure as codeObservabilityCI/CD or GitOpsBackup/restore/recoveryTCP/IP networking
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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