Site Reliability Engineer (Top Secret Clearance)

TL;DR

Site Reliability Engineer (Top Secret Clearance): Designing, developing, and testing an in-house solution for analysis, simulation, and prototyping of software for all hirify.global flight systems with an accent on automation, scalable high-performance web applications, and distributed systems. Focus on building highly resilient, high-performance, scalable, and robust systems for critical mission success.

Location: Hawthorne, CA. Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance required. Must conform to U.S. Government export regulations (U.S. citizen/national, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee).

Salary: $120,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year

Company

hirify.global is a product company developing technologies for space exploration and enabling human life on Mars.

What you will do

• Develop automation to deploy and manage applications both on-premises and in the cloud.
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure technologies such as application servers, databases, messaging queues, and storage.
• Install, manage, scale, and optimize Kubernetes and RKE clusters using Ansible.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers to create highly scalable, operable, and maintainable products.
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services, from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Build highly resilient, high-performance, scalable, and robust systems for demanding engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or an engineering discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in software, DevOps, or site reliability engineering in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ year of experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience in Bash, Python, or other scripting languages.
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance required.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident (green card holder), refugee, or asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

Nice to have

• 1+ years of systems administration, site reliability engineering, or DevOps experience.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with the Linux shell and configuring/extending Linux instances.
• 1+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of message queue technologies such as RabbitMQ or Kafka, virtualization, hypervisor technologies, and databases.

Culture & Benefits

• Eligibility for long-term incentives, including company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards.
• Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays, and 5 days of sick leave per year.
• Opportunity to work on sensitive hirify.global missions if briefed into a classified program.