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 ADMINISTRATOR, DEVOPS

SpaceX is looking for an IT Systems Administrator 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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).

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
3+ years in IT systems administration.
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).

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

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.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Willing to work extended hours or weekends as necessary.
Ability to pass Air Force background checks for Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

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. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

IT Systems Administrator, DevOps

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