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Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform (Starshield)

Hawthorne, CA💼 Full-time💰 $1–$1🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design, operate, and scale on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure and automation for the world's largest government satellite constellation.

Role type

Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform

Builds

On-premise compute resources, databases, monitoring, and distributed storage for Starshield

Domain

National security satellite communications / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Linux, Bash, Python, C++, Go, TCP/IP

Preferred skills

Kubernetes cluster management, Linux boot process, CI/CD, Bazel, distributed databases, performance optimization

Technologies

Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Bazel, Makefiles

Responsibilities

Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes clusters; Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage; Collaborate with software engineers to create scalable products; Engage in the whole lifecycle of services from inception to refinement; Monitor and alert supporting systems for high availability; Perform hands-on integration and troubleshooting across the Starshield stack; Identify areas for improvement to enable high system availability

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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