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# Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

- **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,000.0 - $280,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), C Sharp (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Data Centers, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Hadoop Distributed File System, Apache HBase, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Reliability Engineering, Scala (Programming Language), Software Construction, Software Engineering, Data Processing, Istio, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Flink, Bare Metal, Apache Kafka, Software Version Control
- **Published:** July 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17750412?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17750412%2FSr-Site-Reliability-Engineer-Starlink-California-Palo-Alto

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or scientific discipline and 5 years of software development experience; OR 7+ years of professional experience building software with site reliability or DevOps in lieu of a degree
 * Experience with Linux operating systems

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

 * 5+ years of rigorous experience with site reliability or DevOps
 * Experience with Kubernetes and Istio for on-premise deployment
 * Experience within-stream, data processing andanalyticsusing open source platforms such as Apache Kafka, Spark, HBase, HDFS, Flink
 * Experience troubleshooting hardware and network-layer issues
 * Programming experience in Python, C#, Java, Scala,Goor similar languages
 * Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring, * 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. Learn more about the ITAR here.

## Description

* Upgrade existing distributed systems to become sharded and geo-redundant in multiple data centers
 * Advance existing deployment, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure to support a multi-region environment
 * Manage petabyte scale bare metal compute clusters
 * Closely collaborate with engineers across all programs to create highly operable, scalable, and maintainable products
 * Engage throughout the whole software development lifecycle of services -- from inception to design, deployment, operation, and iterative refinement
 * Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques


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