Sr. Kubernetes Platform Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX
Redmond
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 165,000 - 230,000 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Teamwork","Problem-solving"]

Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on building and scaling Starlink’s Kubernetes-based infrastructure, automating on‑prem deployments, and collaborating with software teams to ensure highly available, maintainable systems across a massive satellite network.

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SpaceX
SpaceX
2 months ago

Sr. Kubernetes Platform Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Senior Site Reliability Engineer focused on building and scaling Starlink’s Kubernetes-based infrastructure, automating on‑prem deployments, and collaborating with software teams to ensure highly available, maintainable systems across a massive satellite network.
Location: Redmond
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes clusters
  • •Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage
  • •Closely collaborate with software engineers to create highly scalable, operable, and maintainable products
  • •Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services -- from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement
  • •Monitoring and alerting supporting systems to have high availability

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 165,000 - 230,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid ParentalPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps; OR 7+ years of professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps in lieu of a degree
  • •2+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems
  • •Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
  • •Experience with containerization technologies (i.e. OCI containers, Kubernetes)
  • •Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or other similar languages
Experience:5+ yearsSpaceTelecommunicationsSatelliteStarlinkSpaceX
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationTeamworkProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TerraformAnsibleKubernetesLinuxBashPythonC++GoBazelMakefilesOCI containers

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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