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Sr. Security Engineer (Infrastructure)

SpaceX· Security Engineering
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Senior security engineer focused on designing and operating on-premises Kubernetes platforms, with emphasis on security, reliability, and scalable platform automation for SpaceX infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Design on-premises Kubernetes platforms that security services run on, and the compute, storage, and networking they depend on.
  • Lead cluster lifecycle work, including upgrades, capacity, failure domains, and safe change.
  • Build the automation other engineers use to provision, configure, and operate the platform.
  • Set standards for how security services are deployed, hardened, and run on Kubernetes.
  • Harden clusters and workloads, including RBAC, policy, secrets, and secure configuration.
  • Respond to the hardest production incidents and drive them to a durable fix.
  • Define the signals, alerts, and operational practices that keep the platform supportable.
  • Document what you run, keep it working, and advise other teams on it.
  • Find systemic 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.
  • 5+ years of experience operating on-premises Kubernetes in a production environment.
  • 5+ years of experience with Linux system administration and with Python, Go, or another language used to automate infrastructure.

Skills

Required:On-premises KubernetesLinux system administrationPython or GoCluster hardening
Nice to have:Infrastructure as code
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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