IT Systems Administrator, Devops

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.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX's Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.