Onsite IT Infrastructure Engineer – Virtualization, Hardware

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About the role

  • IT Infrastructure Engineer managing SpaceX’s data center server hardware products. Implementing and maintaining VMware environments while troubleshooting and supporting hardware development programs.

Responsibilities

  • Champion the system and validation process for SpaceX’s data center server hardware products
  • Implement and maintain a scalable and robust VMware environment to support the organization's virtualization needs
  • Lead the project management of hardware development programs from inception to final product shipment
  • Data center deployments and troubleshooting production operational issues in our data centers
  • Help our team of engineers and server partners to develop, support, and sustain purpose-built servers, with emphasis on a resilient design and high availability
  • Identify and implement fixes and find efficiencies in our large VMware environment supporting critical applications across the organization
  • Collaborate regularly with internal SpaceX teams to understand requirements, cost-optimize solutions, and cultivate product knowledge
  • Expect to drive the hardware procurement process from initial concept, architectural draft, product requirement documents, to deployment coordination and operational support
  • Generate and review validation plans, oversee execution and test reports across multiple disciplines including hardware, firmware, and system software
  • Investigate, triage, and debug hardware and system level issues down to component and firmware level working across the organization
  • Define and qualify second source components and materials to ensure continuity in product line constraints with primary partners and suppliers

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or other technical field of study and 3+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment; OR 5+ years of engineering experience in an enterprise environment in lieu of a degree
  • 1+ years of professional experience working with enterprise class server infrastructure
  • 1+ years of professional experience managing virtualized server environments
  • Experience with data center infrastructure management (DCIM) including tools to monitor, measure, manage, and/or control data center utilization
  • Certifications related to IT infrastructure i.e. CompTIA Server+, CompTIA Network+, CCNP
  • Experience working with multiple hardware vendor architectures
  • Support of CI/CD continuous integration/continuous development pipelines
  • Experience with full lifecycle management of large-scale VMWare environments
  • Experience supporting container infrastructure using Kubernetes
  • Board level design and validation experience
  • Linux and Windows OS system administration experience
  • Knowledge of power subsystems
  • Exceptional analytical and troubleshooting skills
  • Willingness to respond to after-hours triage and operational support
  • Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • Various other discounts and perks
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • Accrued paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy

Job title

IT Infrastructure Engineer – Virtualization, Hardware

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$130,000 - $160,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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