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# Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

- **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $150,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Booting (BIOS), C Sharp (Programming Language), Information Systems, Computer Programming, System Configuration, Continuous Integration, Data Centers, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Virtualization Technology, Computer Networking Systems, Istio, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Terraform, Software Version Control, Golang
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/site-reliability-engineer-starlink-palo-alto-ca--5cdd0465-fdfb-45a4-87e6-1cdf4caefaad

## About the Role

Reliability Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Testing, Receivers, Broadband, Aerospace and Defense, Problem Solving Skills, Team Player, Distributed Computing, Data Partitioning, * Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 1+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps; OR 3+ years of professional experience in systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps in lieu of a degree

 * 1+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

 * 1+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks
 * Experience with Kubernetes and Istio for on-premise deployment
 * Experience troubleshooting hardware and network-layer issues
 * Programming experience in Python, C#, Java, Scala, Go or similar languages
 * Good understanding of version control, testing, continuous integration, build, deployment and monitoring
 * Strong understanding of virtualization and hypervisor technologies
 * Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration
 * Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & continuous monitoring
 * Experience with automatically managing dozens, hundreds, or thousands of servers (eg: Terraform or Ansible)
 * Strong networking knowledge of TCP/IP
 * Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with customers, peers, management etc. in both formal and informal situations, * 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