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Sr. Security Engineer (Infrastructure)

SpaceX
Bastrop, USA
Senior · 5+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Design on-premises Kubernetes platforms that security services run on, and the compute, storage, and networking they depend on.
  • Lead cluster lifecycle work, including upgrades, capacity, failure domains, and safe change.
  • Build the automation other engineers use to provision, configure, and operate the platform.
  • Set standards for how security services are deployed, hardened, and run on Kubernetes.
  • Harden clusters and workloads, including RBAC, policy, secrets, and secure configuration.
  • Respond to the hardest production incidents and drive them to a durable fix.
  • Define the signals, alerts, and operational practices that keep the platform supportable.
  • Document what you run, keep it working, and advise other teams on it.
  • Find systemic gaps with security and IT, then ship platform and deployment changes that reduce risk.
  • Deliver solutions that are scalable, repeatable, maintainable, and secure.
  • Coordinate with information security, IT, software, and other partners.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience operating production infrastructure and high school diploma or equivalency certificate in lieu of a degree.
  • 5+ years of experience operating on-premises Kubernetes in a production environment.
  • 5+ years of experience with Linux system administration and with Python, Go, or another language used to automate infrastructure.
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed.
  • This role requires you to be onsite. Hybrid or remote work will not be considered.
  • 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 [email protected].

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

  • Production Kubernetes at scale, including control plane, networking, storage, RBAC, and upgrades.
  • Designing on-premises compute, storage, and network architectures for container platforms.
  • Cluster and node hardening, admission control, and secure workload configuration.
  • Infrastructure as code and configuration management.
  • Python or Go for platform tooling and automation.
  • Linux internals and troubleshooting.
  • Observability, alerting, and operational readiness for production platforms.
  • CI/CD or GitOps-style delivery onto Kubernetes.
  • Capacity planning, failure domains, and recovery for on-premises platforms.
  • TCP/IP at the level needed to build and debug cluster networking.
  • Root-cause debugging under time pressure.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

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