IT Systems Engineer, DevOps
About The Position
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. IT SYSTEMS ENGINEER, DEV OPS SpaceX is looking for an IT Systems Engineer with a focus on DevOps to join our growing team. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of our systems. This employee will be a member of the Information Technology IT Applications team. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast-paced and challenging environment. He or she should be a self-starter, self-motivator and possess ingenuity to excel at this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or information systems with 3+ years’ experience in DevOps, SRE, or related role, OR 7+ years' experience in DevOps, SRE, or related role.
- Experience with Linux servers in physical, virtual, or containerized environment.
- Experience with administering code hosting and collaboration tools (Bitbucket, Github, GitLab) and CI tools (Bamboo, Jenkins).
Nice To Haves
- Experience with administering and troubleshooting issues with code hosting and collaboration tools (Bitbucket, Github, GitLab) and CI tools (Bamboo, Jenkins).
- Experience in automated monitoring tools (Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, etc).
- Experience with scripting using Bash, Python, Groovy, etc.
- Proficiency with containerized applications using Docker or Kubernetes.
- Experience with automated deployments using Ansible, Chef, or other similar tools.
- Experience with version control and release management concepts (Git, SVN, Bitbucket).
- Flexibility and ability to flourish in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
- A self-starter with excellent motivation and ingenuity.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines.
- Automate deployment and monitoring processes to improve system reliability.
- Implement best practices across the environment and deployments.
- Collaborate closely with developers and other software engineering teams to streamline code integration and development.
- Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize resources across hundreds of servers.
- Maintain and enhance logging, monitoring, and alerting systems with tools like Grafana, Prometheus, Influx, or other similar tools.
- Ensure high availability and disaster recovery strategies are in place and are practiced on a normal cadence.
- Administer CI/CD applications and code repository applications.
- Propose and enforce best practices when it comes to building and releasing code.
- Work closely with developers and other software engineering teams.
- Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines).
Benefits
- long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year
- Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
- Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
