IT Linux Systems Engineer

ITLINUXSYSTEMSENGINEER

SpaceX is looking for an experiencedengineerwith deep knowledge and broad experience acrossLinux-based technologies. This employee will be a member of the Information TechnologyLinuxInfrastructure 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:

• Work closely with other SpaceXengineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and supportLinux-based/open source software platforms and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding SpaceXengineering teams. Build highly-resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexiblesystems.
• Exercise a high degree of responsibility for the processes,systems, and tools you create and manage; all supporting the goal of making humanity an interplanetary species.
• Make recommendations, justify, and implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology.
• Work within a diverse group to design and deliver creative solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner by interacting with internal business units.
• Define, document and follow standards and best practices forsystemsdesign, testing, and implementation.
• Drive scripting and automation to develop solutions to common problems.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support critical systems round-the-clock.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science,engineering, math, physics, or informationsystems, and 3 years ofsystemsengineering experience; OR 5+ years ofsystems engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience withLinuxservers in physical and virtualized environments.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience withLinuxshell (bash scripting, output parsing, etc.).
• Experience with Python or other scripting and automation languages.
• Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalablesystemsarchitectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection.
• Expert working knowledge (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot)Linux-based and open-sourcesystemsand technologies such as Apache, BIND, HAProxy, NGINX, sendmail/postfix, iptables, etc.
• Experience with ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana) or other centralized logging solutions.
• Expertise in source code and version control tools such as Gitand Subversion.
• Experience with configuration management (Puppet or Ansible), provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps concepts and tools (Vagrant, Docker, Kubernetes, etc).
• Understanding of developing web and C/C++ applications and build processes.
• Networking experience in IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls and HA architecture.
• Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitivesystems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
IT Systems Engineer: $120,000.00 - $160,000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.