Sr. Kubernetes Engineer
On-site · Brownsville, Texas, United States
Brownsville, Texas, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelBachelors DegreeAerospaceLarge
Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Bachelors Degree
Company size
Large
Industry
Aerospace
Job Summary
Senior Kubernetes Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize Kubernetes and RKE clusters using Ansible and Terraform in production environments. Build scalable, high-availability infrastructure; collaborate with SpaceX engineers to research, design, deploy, and support Kubernetes-based platforms; drive automation to reduce toil; adhere to changes and standards; participate in on-call rotations; contribute to cross-training and the growth of Kubernetes expertise within the team.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a STEM discipline and 5+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 7+ years of systems engineering experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience deploying and supporting Linux servers in physical and virtualized environments (e.g. VMware via automation)
- Experience with the Linux shell as well as configuring and extending Linux instances (e.g. kernel modules, cgroups, pki, iptables, interfaces)
- Experience supporting and scaling containerized applications in Linux environments
- Experience using automation frameworks (e.g. Ansible, Terraform) to manage provisioning and post-provisioning lifecycles of infrastructure and Kubernetes installations
- Experience with Kubernetes internals, CNI, CRI and CSI plugins (e.g. Docker, Cri-O, Ceph, Cilium), load balancing (e.g. MetalLB), Service Mesh (e.g. Istio) and software-defined storage (e.g. rook-ceph) in cloud or on-premise environments
- Experience developing solutions using Kubernetes patterns to extend system functionality and solve use cases (e.g. webhooks, controllers, operators, sidecars)
- Experience implementing proactive alert/monitoring workflows and dashboards for Linux systems and Kubernetes deployments using Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB or similar technologies
- Experience with dynamic system configuration templating using Jinja, Jsonnet, YAML and Helm
- ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
- ITAR REQUIREMENTS: 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
Additional Requirements
- ITAR requirements: U.S. citizen/national or eligible to obtain authorization; possible visa considerations
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