IT SYSTEMS ENGINEER (ATLASSIAN)

SpaceX is looking for an IT Systems Engineer to participate in driving best practices, adoption, and expansion of Atlassian tools at SpaceX. Candidates should have superb experience in administering and engineering solutions using Atlassian application stack. These applications are a crucial part of the SpaceX infrastructure for various teams. The person in this position should have strong overall technical skills, a creative engineering mindset, and superior organizational and prioritization skills. This candidate will need to flourish in a fast-paced and challenging environment. The candidate should be professionally motivated, exhibit leadership qualities, and bring ingenuity to excel at this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Establish and promote best practices for Atlassian applications at SpaceX (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Crowd, Opsgenie, etc)
• Work closely with business, development, and engineering teams on creating innovative solutions which will enhance the day to day operations in a timely and proactive manner
• Recommend, justify, and implement improvements using change control methodology
• Define document and follow standards and best practices for systems design, testing, and implementation
• Work with systems administration teams to assure solid administration and monitoring of the Linux servers and SQL environments supporting the Atlassian tools
• Participate in on-call rotation to handle urgent after-hours work when necessary

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years of IT systems administration experience with a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems/technology, or similar technical discipline; OR 5 years of IT systems administration experience without a degree
• 3 years of engineering and administration experience with Atlassian Tools (i.e. Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Crowd, Opsgenie)
• Scripting experience with Groovy, Python, or Bash
• Experience integrating plugins in the Atlassian Marketplace with Atlassian Tools

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years with degree or 8 years without degree of engineering and administration experience with Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Crowd, Opsgenie, etc)
• Experience with the administration and upgrade of Atlassian applications in a corporate environment
• Experience with code repository tools such as Bitbucket, Gitlab, and CI/CD tools like Bamboo or Jenkins
• Experience in developing and supporting build servers in a mixed server environment
• Experience customizing and scripting system configurations using Ansible, Rundeck, or other similar technologies
• Comfortable working with mission critical, sensitive systems
• Works with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing to work extended hours or weekends as necessary

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
IT Systems Engineer: $120,000.00 - $160,000.00/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.