Senior SRE Engineer bei Varda Space Industries
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, Vereinigte Staaten Von Amerika · Onsite
- Senior
- Optionales Büro in El Segundo
About Varda
Low Earth orbit is open for business. Varda is accelerating the development of commercial space infrastructure, from in-orbit pharmaceutical processing to reliable and economical reentry capsules.
From life-saving pharmaceuticals to more powerful fiber optics, there is a world of products used on Earth today that can only be manufactured in space. Varda is accelerating innovation in the orbital economy by creating both the products and infrastructure needed so space can directly benefit life on Earth. Our mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind.
Our team is uniquely suited to accomplishing this goal, with leadership and staff comprised of veterans from SpaceX, Blue Origin, major pharmaceutical companies and Silicon Valley. Varda was founded in January 2021 by Will Bruey and Delian Asparouhov with significant backing from world class investors including Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital, General Catalyst, and Also Capital.
Varda is headquartered in El Segundo, California, where we have offices and a production facility where our vehicles, equipment, and materials are built, integrated, and tested. Varda also has offices in Washington, DC and Huntsville, AL (coming soon).
Join Varda, and work to create a bustling in-space ecosystem.
About This Role
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll be critical in building, scaling, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers our systems on Earth, in orbit and everything in between. You’ll wear multiple hats: DevOps, SRE, and IT operations, all in one. You’ll move fast, think creatively, and have a tremendous impact on mission-critical systems both on Earth and in space.
What will this person be the RE of?
- Anything Matt is RE of, in the off chance we lose Matt
- Azure Cloud Infrastructure and deployments
- Time Series Database (InfluxDB)
- Azure Backups
- Mission Support
- Have more redundancy on the team
What won't get accomplished without this person/ What are the Swimlanes?
The 1-3 Project / Focus Areas:
- I want the new person to co-own Time Series Database Architecture will Matt.
- Azure Cloud Infrastructure supporting dual vehicles and high cadence missions.
- Data Review Tooling
This is a full-time, exempt position located in our El Segundo headquarters.
Responsibilities
- Lead the deployment, maintenance, and operations of mission-critical applications and IT infrastructure supporting spacecraft systems, ground control, and company-wide platforms.
- Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks with tools such as Terraform and Ansible; implement monitoring and alerting solutions with InfluxDB, Grafana, and related observability stacks.
- Architect and manage cloud services in Azure GCC High and hybrid on-prem/cloud environments, ensuring compliance with government and aerospace-grade security standards.
- Oversee the migration, integration, and administration of enterprise software and services, modernizing legacy systems into scalable, cloud-native, or containerized platforms.
- Implement and maintain GitOps practices with Argo CD to enable secure, reliable, and automated deployments to Kubernetes clusters.
- Partner with software and hardware engineers to deliver highly operable, reliable, and scalable systems and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring rapid iteration and mission readiness.
- Drive efforts to identify, analyze, and resolve system bottlenecks and reliability risks; lead performance tuning and long-term stability initiatives across cloud, networking, and storage layers.
- Participate in the on-call rotation, providing technical leadership during incidents and ensuring critical systems remain healthy and responsive.
- Occasionally travel to customer sites and other Varda locations to troubleshoot, deploy, or validate infrastructure in mission-critical environments.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or engineering discipline; experience with site reliability or DevOps (in lieu of a degree)
- Professional experience building, deploying, and troubleshooting IT systems.
- Positive and strong communication skills, both written and oral
- Proven track record of adapting in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment
- Ability to prioritize workflows effectively according to multiple criteria
- Experience with Linux and Windows servers in physical and virtualized enterprise level environments
- Experience with on-premises and cloud networking technologies
- Python, Bash, PowerShell (or similar) scripting experience
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 10+ years of DevOps, site reliability engineering, or system administration experience
- Experience managing cloud infrastructure
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) and technologies for automatically managing servers
- Experience with both container and virtualization technologies
- Knowledge of TCP/IP networking
- Experience with databases and data modeling
Pay Range
- Site Reliability Engineer: $112,000.00 - $160,000.00/per year
- This role is on-site in El Segundo, CA
- Leveling and base salary is determined by job-related skills, education level, experience level, and job performance
- You will be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of stock options and/or long-term cash awards
ITAR Requirements
Varda, like all employers, must ensure that its employees working in the United States are lawfully authorized to work in the U.S. Additionally, our employees are exposed to and have access to certain export-controlled items. At present, some of our technology to which employees have access requires a license to be exported to individuals other than “U.S. Persons” as defined in U.S. export regulations. Because our employees are provided access to export-controlled items, our current policy is to only hire “U.S. persons” who are permitted to have access to our technology without an export license.
“US person” means: U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) (i.e., individual admitted to the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum in the U.S.)
Learn more about the ITAR here.
Benefits
- Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
- Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
- 401(k) matching (interns excluded)
- Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
- Health insurance, including Vision and Dental
- Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
- Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)
Varda Space Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, martial status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.
E-Verify Statement
Varda Space Industries, Inc. participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.
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