SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out
exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are
not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this
possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
IT LINUX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
SpaceX is looking for an experienced Systems Administrator with deep
knowledge and broad experience across Linux-based technologies and
application support. 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 SpaceX engineers to gather requirements,
research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support Linux-based /
open source software platforms and related technologies in a
world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding SpaceX
engineering teams. Build highly-resilient, high-performance,
scalable, and flexible systems.
- 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 for systems
design, testing, and implementation.
- Drive scripting and automation to develop solutions to
common problems.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years of experience in IT systems administration.
- Experience with Linux servers in physical and
virtualized environments.
- Experience in Python or other scripting and automation languages.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems
architectures, 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-source
systems and technologies such as Apache, BIND, HAProxy, NGINX,
sendmail/postfix, iptables, etc.
- Linux shell skills (bash scripting, output parsing, etc).
- Experience in source code and version control tools such as Git
and Subversion.
- Experience with configuration management (Puppet, Chef, Ansible),
provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps concepts and
tools (Vagrant, Docker, etc).
- Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems,
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.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations,
including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you
must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S.,
protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or 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
notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.