SpaceX aims to make humanity an interplanetary species. To achieve this, they are developing the technologies needed for humans to explore space. We are seeking a skilled IT systems engineer to join their team.
This role requires someone with deep knowledge of Linux-based technologies and experience working in fast-paced environments. The ideal candidate will be flexible, self-motivated, and have a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
Responsibilities
* Gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support Linux-based/open source software platforms and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of demanding engineering teams.
* Build highly-resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
* Exercise a high degree of responsibility for the processes, systems, and tools created and managed; all supporting the goal of making humanity an interplanetary species.
* Make recommendations, justify, and implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology.
* Work within a diverse group to design and deliver creative solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner by interacting with internal business units.
* Define, document and follow standards and best practices for systems design, testing, and implementation.
* Drive scripting and automation to develop solutions to common problems.
Requirements
* Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, information systems, or other technical field of study and 5+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 8+ years of systems engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
* Experience with Linux servers in physical and virtualized environments.
* Experience with Linux shell (bash scripting, output parsing, etc.).
* Experience with Python or other scripting and automation languages.
Preferred Skills and Experience
* Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems architectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection.
* Expert working knowledge (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) Linux-based and open-source systems and technologies such as Apache, BIND, HAProxy, NGINX, sendmail/postfix, iptables, etc.
* Experience with ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) or other centralized logging solutions.
* Expertise in source code and version control tools such as Git and Subversion.
* Experience with configuration management (Puppet, Chef, Ansible), provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps concepts and tools (Vagrant, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).
* Understanding of developing web and C/C++ applications and build processes.
* Networking experience in IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls and HA architecture.
* Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
* Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.
Additional Requirements
* Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
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.
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.