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IT Systems Engineer - ELK Stack
Hawthorne, CA

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SpaceX is looking for an experienced engineer with deep knowledge and broad experience across Linux-based technologies. This employee will be a member of the Information Security team and will support internal software, automation, and security operations, amongst other business users with a specific focus on ELK (ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana) and related technologies (Kafka, Search Guard, Fluentd, etc). The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment. He or she should be a self-starter, self-motivator and possess ingenuity to excel at this position.

Responsibilities:

* Work closely with other SpaceX engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support Linux-based / open source software platforms and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding SpaceX engineering teams. Build highly-resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
* Architect, design, configure, deploy, maintain, support, and troubleshoot the ELK technology suite (ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana) and related technologies (Kafka, Search Guard, Fluentd, etc) used for logging, searching, troubleshooting, and incident response at SpaceX.
* Exercise a high degree of responsibility for the processes, systems, and tools created and managed; all supporting the goal of making humanity an interplanetary species.
* Architect, design, build/update, deploy and support custom tools, scripts and integrations that provide systemic automation to tasks that need to be performed on top of log infrastructure.
* Maintain and administer applications built on top of Linux operating systems.

Basic Qualifications:

* Completed bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems/IT, applied mathematics, physics, or similar technical discipline.
* 3+ years of Linux systems administration and scripting/automation experience.
* Experience administering, building, and/or deploying the ELK stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana).

Preferred Skills and Experience:

* Expertise with Python.
* Strong understanding of Puppet, Ansible, or other automation frameworks.
* Understanding of databases and data modeling.
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
* Demonstrated technical project management skills.
* Track record of getting things done quickly and with quality.

ITAR Requirements:

* To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX's Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resources Department at (310) 363-6000.

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