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SpaceX · 2 days ago

Sr. IT Linux Systems Administrator

Hawthorne, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$105K/yr - $140K/yr

3+ years exp

SpaceX is actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. They are seeking an experienced Sr. Systems Administrator with deep knowledge of Linux-based technologies and application support to work closely with engineering teams and support their needs.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Linux serversScripting languagesConfiguration managementHigh availability systemsVersion control toolsCommunicationProblem-solvingSelf-starter

Required

Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 3+ years of experience in IT systems administration OR 5+ years of experience in IT systems administration without a degree

Experience with Linux servers in physical and virtualized environments

Experience with scripting and automation languages (e.g. Python)

Preferred

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