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Varda Space Industries

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States

Posted about 3 months ago · $153,000.00 - $185,000.00

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
Varda Space Industries's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
81% of Varda Space Industries's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Varda Space Industries
high
85 stale, 0 reposted of 86 open
Hiring momentum
215 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Varda Space Industries's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Varda Space Industries.

About this role

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Varda, you will be responsible for building, scaling, and maintaining the infrastructure that supports both terrestrial and orbital systems. Your role will involve automating operations, enhancing system reliability, and collaborating with software and hardware engineers to ensure efficient and reliable deployments. You will also be tasked with deploying mission-critical applications, implementing observability systems, and responding to production incidents.

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5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related STEM field with 5+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience, or 7+ years of progressive experience in DevOps, SRE, or Systems Engineering in lieu of a degree
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform
  • Experience operating Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms in production environments
  • Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, or similar technologies
  • Knowledge of software-defined networking (VPC, Subnets, Firewalls, VPNs, etc.)
  • Python, Bash, PowerShell (or similar) scripting experience

Nice to have

  • Experience in provisioning and managing scalable Azure cloud infrastructure using native tools and best practices
  • Experience implementing configuration management, provisioning, and workflow automation solutions via Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and GitOps (e.g., Ansible, Salt, ArgoCD, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of Linux systems and container runtimes (e.g., containerd, Docker)
  • Experience with GPU workloads or high-throughput computing
  • Hands-on experience operating and optimizing High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, including workload schedulers such as Slurm

What you get

  • Flexible PTO policy + 12 paid holidays
  • 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans for employees and dependents with FSA and employer-matched HSA options
  • Voluntary accident, hospital, critical illness, and pet insurance
  • $120/month wellness reimbursement for gym and fitness expenses
  • 12 weeks of parental leave (with supplemental disability leave for CA mothers)
  • Family building, pregnancy, parenting and menopause benefits via Maven Clinic

Worth weighing

  • On-call schedule may require extended hours and weekends
  • Role is on-site in El Segundo, CA
  • No remote work mentioned
  • Experience with specific technologies like Azure and HPC is preferred but not mandatory

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Listed by Varda Space Industries on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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