SpaceX is looking to scale the infrastructure of its Starlink satellite constellation and manage a network that handles millions of daily users worldwide.
Requirements
- Experience with Linux operating systems
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
- Experience with containerization technologies (i.e. Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience in Bash, Python, and/or other scripting languages
- Development experience in Python, C++ or C
- Strong understanding of virtualization and hypervisor technologies
- Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration
Responsibilities
- Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise compute resources
- 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
- Invent tools and processes that enable fast, accurate, and easy-to-use development and deployment systems
- Provide fast and comprehensive software validation, including virtualized, hardware-in-the-loop, and on-orbit test platforms
- Monitoring and data analysis in support of a continuous integration and release system
Other
- Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with customers, peers, management etc. in both formal and informal situations
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps; OR 7+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps in lieu of a degree
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
