Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure, Virtualization, Compute

SpaceX

. Design, install, operate, scale, and optimize enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage platforms, including hypervisor clusters, purpose-built servers, and high-performance storage (NAS, SAN, and object storage) .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeMemphis • Tennessee • United StatesJuniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise compute and storage platforms, with a strong focus on high availability, performance tuning, and automation. Proficient in Linux server management, virtualization technologies, and infrastructure as code practices.

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Linux Server DeploymentVMware vSphere/vCenter OperationsInfrastructure As Code AutomationEnterprise Storage ArchitecturePerformance Engineering

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Hard Skills

Systems EngineeringCapacity PlanningPerformance TuningDisaster Recovery ImplementationConfiguration ManagementScripting Languages (Python, PowerShell, Golang)Virtualization Platforms (Hyper-V, KVM)Monitoring and Alerting (Prometheus, Grafana)Containerized Applications SupportStorage Protocols (NFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel)

Tools & Technologies

AnsibleTerraformJenkinsAWX/TowerCloud-init

Industry Keywords

ITAR EligibilityHigh-Performance StorageVirtualizationCompute Performance IssuesInfrastructure Lifecycle Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxNFSPrometheusPuppetPythonTerraformVMwareGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, install, operate, scale, and optimize enterprise compute, virtualization, and storage platforms, including hypervisor clusters, purpose-built servers, and high-performance storage (NAS, SAN, and object storage)
Gather requirements with SpaceX engineers and design, deploy, and support resilient, high-performance systems for engineering, production, and mission workloads
Perform capacity planning and performance engineering
Implement high-availability, backup, replication, and disaster recovery for virtual machines, datastores, and storage arrays
Install, configure, patch, and decommission servers, hypervisor hosts, and storage systems
Contribute to hardware and platform standards
Automate provisioning, patching, and day-to-day operations with scripting, templates, and infrastructure as code
Document standards and best practices
Partner with network, facilities, security, and application teams on connectivity, power and cooling, access, and workload placement

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a STEM discipline and 1+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 3+ 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 in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems architectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection
Experience operating production virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere/vCenter (clustering, HA, DRS, vMotion, datastore design) and/or Hyper-V or KVM
Experience architecting and operating enterprise storage, including protocols and platforms such as NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NVMe-oF, NetApp, Pure Storage, and object storage
Deep expertise generating server and host design specifications (CPU, memory, NIC, HBA, local vs. shared storage) to meet defined performance, availability, and density requirements
Experience with array- and hypervisor-based snapshots, replication, and backup integration for virtual machine and storage recovery
Proven ability to diagnose compute and storage performance issues (IOPS, latency, queue depth, CPU ready/co-stop, datastore contention, fabric/pathing)
Experience implementing configuration management, provisioning, and workflow automation via infrastructure as code and CI/CD (e.g. Ansible, AWX/Tower, Puppet, cloud-init, Jenkins)
Experience with programming and scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Golang to automate day-to-day tasks and integrate with external systems through RESTful APIs
Experience implementing proactive alert and monitoring workflows and dashboards for Linux systems and virtualization platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, or similar technologies
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
Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Must satisfy ITAR eligibility requirements: U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, qualifying refugee or asylee, or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity Employer
Reasonable accommodation available for the application/interview process