26 days ago
Bastrop, TX, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate on-premises Kubernetes clusters hosting security services.
- Automate cluster provisioning, configuration, upgrades, and daily operations.
- Operate the compute, storage, and networking supporting container platforms.
- Maintain reliable platform services such as scheduling, ingress, load balancing, and storage.
- Harden clusters and workloads through RBAC, policy, secrets management, and secure configuration.
- Respond to production incidents and drive issues through resolution.
- Implement observability for clusters and workloads so failures are detected before outages.
- Identify security threats and gaps and deliver platform and deployment changes that reduce risk.
- Document platform operations and advise partner teams.
- Coordinate with Information Security, IT, software, and other stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another STEM discipline, or 2+ years of professional production-infrastructure experience with a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.
- Experience operating production Kubernetes in an on-premises environment.
- Linux systems administration experience.
- Experience with Python, Go, or another language used to automate infrastructure.
- Experience with Kubernetes control planes, workloads, networking, storage, RBAC, and upgrades.
- Knowledge of on-premises compute, storage, networking, cluster hardening, admission control, secure workload configuration, infrastructure as code, configuration management, observability, backup and recovery, TCP/IP, and production troubleshooting.
- Ability to perform root-cause debugging under time pressure.
Benefits
- The role is fully onsite; hybrid and remote work are not considered.
- The position may require extended hours and/or weekend work as needed.
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.