Kubernetes Site Reliability Engineer
The Aerospace Corporation6 months ago
El Segundo, CA, USASenior / Staff+
Base Salary
$129k - $194k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and sustain Kubernetes-based Platform as a Service offerings, including Coder workspaces, Kueue batch scheduling, Knative serverless services, and Crossplane control planes.
- Manage production Kubernetes clusters across on-premises and cloud environments, including deployment, upgrades, patching, performance tuning, capacity planning, and backups/disaster recovery.
- Own and engineer production AWS and Kubernetes services while maintaining high uptime and performing full-stack security patching.
- Identify and independently resolve Kubernetes infrastructure and engineering problems.
- Support real-time space-launch telemetry analysis and provide after-hours Kubernetes troubleshooting during launch events.
- Support scientists and engineers running applications in Kubernetes and provide Linux systems expertise.
- Evaluate new products and technologies and use code, scripting, and DevOps tools to automate operations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM, Computer Science, or a related science or engineering discipline.
- At least 8 years of relevant experience developing and delivering complex large-scale distributed software systems, solutions, and technical products.
- At least 5 years supporting highly available enterprise environments and maintaining system uptime and service-availability targets.
- At least 2 years of hands-on experience managing existing Kubernetes environments, including deployment, upgrades, patching, and backups.
- Experience owning production Kubernetes services across on-premises and cloud service-provider environments such as AWS and Azure.
- Experience with Linux systems administration, networking and storage fundamentals, and automation using scripting or DevOps tools.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. government TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph; U.S. citizenship is required.
- For the Senior Engineering Specialist level: at least 12 years of relevant experience, 8 years supporting highly available enterprise environments, and experience architecting, deploying, performance-tuning, and capacity-planning secure cloud or Kubernetes environments.
- Preferred qualifications include an active TS/SCI clearance and polygraph; CKA, RHCSA, or RHCE certification; Rancher; Kubernetes persistent storage; VMware or Harvester; automated provisioning; configuration management; Infrastructure as Code; GitOps; ArgoCD; Ansible; Terraform; Puppet; Packer; Bash; Golang; Python; and Agile or Scrum experience.
Benefits
- Full-time position requiring 100% onsite work in El Segundo, California.
- Annual base-pay range of $129,000 to $193,500.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans, paid holidays, sick time, vacation, and flexible spending accounts.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options where applicable.
- 401(k) plan with company-paid contributions of 8%, 10%, or 12% based on years of service plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested.
- Variable pay, relocation assistance, professional growth and development programs, and education assistance.
- Inclusive work environment focused on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit operator of a federally funded research and development center, providing independent systems engineering, research, and mission assurance for U.S. government space programs. It supports defense, civil, and some commercial customers across satellites, launch vehicles, ground systems, remote sensing, and cyber. Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it advises on acquisition, design, testing, and operations to improve reliability of national security space systems.