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Varda Space Industries · 3 days ago

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

El Segundo, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Varda is a company focused on developing commercial space infrastructure to benefit life on Earth. As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will solve technical challenges and ensure systems are operational, scalable, and resilient, while shaping the infrastructure strategy for Varda.

AerospaceManufacturingProduct Design

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead the deployment, maintenance, and operations of mission critical applications and IT infrastructure supporting spacecraft and company-wide systems

Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using tools such as Terraform; implement integrated monitoring and alerting systems

Partner with software and hardware engineers to deliver highly operable, reliable, and scalable systems and pipelines; ensuring they have the tools and infrastructure needed for rapid iteration

Drive efforts to identify, analyze, and resolve system bottlenecks and reliability risks; lead performance tuning and long-term stability efforts

Rotate through the team’s on-call schedule to keep critical systems healthy and responsive

Occasionally travel to customer sites and other Varda locations to troubleshoot, deploy, or test critical infrastructure

Qualification

AzureTerraformDockerKubernetesPythonInfrastructure as CodeSoftware defined networkingBash scriptingPowerShell scriptingDatabase experienceCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering discipline; experience with site reliability or DevOps (in lieu of a degree)

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to automate server provisioning and configuration management

Knowledge of software defined networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, VPNs, etc.)

Python, Bash, PowerShell (or similar) scripting experience

Positive and strong communication skills, both written and oral

Must be physically able to regularly lift 25 lbs. for duties such as delivering computers, unpacking and rack-mounting equipment, etc