Tesla's Platform Engineering is looking for a Site Reliability Engineer to join our team.
As a member of the team, you will be building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters using infrastructure-as-code tools like Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD and Helm and helping the application teams to be successful on our platform.
The underlying infrastructure is a a mix of on-premise VMs, bare metal hosts and public clouds such as AWS located all around the globe, which presents unique challenges and opportunity to work with different types of infrastructure technologies.
A successful candidate will be expected to possess expert knowledge in Linux fundamentals, architecture and performance tuning; as well as software development skills to match.
Experience running Kubernetes in production will be a strong plus; we prefer Golang or Python for any automation or tools we have to build along the way.
We are the team that runs production critical workloads for every aspect of the business at Tesla and sets the standards for other teams, a group of well-rounded generalists that not only solve the hardest problems in the industry but also push other Engineering teams at large to be better.
Join us to get a chance to work with some of the best Engineers in the industry for one of the most transformative companies in the history of both automotive and energy industries.
Responsibilities Hands-on with developers to deploy the applications to provide support Building new features to improve the platform in terms of stability & updates Manage our Kubernetes clusters on-prem and in the cloud to support our growing workloads Participating in the architecture design process and troubleshooting of live applications with the product teams Participating in a 24x7 on-call rotation (12 hours day shift once a week on a weekday and a weekend shift once every 6-8 weeks) Influence architectural decisions with focus on security, scalability and high-performance Setup and maintain monitoring, metrics & reporting systems for fine-grained observability and actionable alerting Authoring technical documentation for workflows/processes/best practices Requirements Experience managing web-scale infrastructure in a production *nix environment Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently with an analytical mind with a bias for action Advanced or expert-level Linux administration and performance tuning skills Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience or evidence of exceptional ability Advanced experience with configuration management systems such as Ansible, Terraform or Puppet Demonstrable knowledge of the Linux operating system internals, networking stack, filesystems, resource scheduling and process management Exposure to AWS, or other cloud infrastructure providers Experience managing container-based workloads, using Kubernetes or other orchestration software in production (ArgoCD, Helm) Proficiency in a high-level language like Python, Go, Ruby and/or Java Compensation and Benefits
Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire: Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) LGBTQ+ care concierge services 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance Employee Assistance Program Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays Back-up childcare and parenting support resources Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs Tesla Babies program Commuter benefits Employee discounts and perks program Expected Compensation
$168,000 - $300,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered.
Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.