Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOps
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA
About this role
**SpaceX — Sr. IT Systems Engineer (DevOps)** SpaceX is looking for a **Senior IT Systems Engineer** with a focus on **DevOps** to join our growing team. You will own the architecture, design, implementation, and evolution of our **CI/CD platforms**, **infrastructure automation**, and **reliability engineering practices** at scale—across **on-premise VM** and **Kubernetes** infrastructure. --- ### Responsibilities - Architect, design, implement, and manage **enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines and platforms** on **on-premise VMs** and **Kubernetes clusters**. - Lead automation of **deployment, configuration, monitoring, and operations** to drive **reliability, scalability, and efficiency** across hundreds of servers, VMs, and containerized environments. - Define and enforce **DevOps/SRE/release engineering best practices**, standards, and **security controls** for on-premise VM and Kubernetes. - Partner with software engineering, development, and operations teams to streamline **integration, testing, delivery, and feedback loops**. - Own **system performance, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and optimization** for on-premise VM clusters and Kubernetes; drive **root-cause analysis** and long-term improvements. - Design and enhance **observability** (logging, metrics, tracing, alerting) 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 routine annual DR 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/VM infrastructure. - Propose 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. - Evaluate and introduce new tools, platforms, and practices to improve **developer productivity** and **operational excellence**. --- ### Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems with **5+ years** in DevOps/SRE/platform engineering (or related), **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. --- ### Preferred Skills and Experience - Strong observability/monitoring experience (e.g., **Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK**). - Advanced scripting/programming (e.g., **Python, Bash, Go, Groovy**). - Proficiency with containers and orchestration (**Docker, Kubernetes**) including on-premise distributions (e.g., **kubeadm, Rancher, OpenShift, Tanzu**). - Experience with configuration management and **IaC** (e.g., **Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet**). - Deep knowledge of **Git**, branching strategies, semantic versioning, and release management. - Experience with on-premise virtualization (e.g., **VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM**), including hybrid VM/Kubernetes environments. - Experience wi
Listing freshness
CronJobs last confirmed this listing 1h ago. If its source stops confirming the opening for seven days, this page is removed from active inventory.