Senior Staff Platform Engineer, DevOps/HPC
At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. If you want to be part of shaping the future of mobility, then read on!
We are looking for a Senior Staff Platform Engineer-DevOps/HPC to join our team. The goal of a Senior Staff Platform Engineer-DevOps/HPC at Wisk is to design, build, and maintain secure, high-performance infrastructure that powers aerospace engineering, simulation, testing, and mission operations. You will also support a scalable CI/CD environment that spans both on-premises and Cloud Environments. Your work will directly enable rapid development, advanced modeling, and the secure operation of systems critical to our aerospace programs.
You will be part of the Platform Engineering team within the Information Technology group that supports backend infrastructure and production IT systems.
Due to the nature of the work required for this position, this is a hybrid work opportunity. At Wisk, this means working onsite at our Mountain View office 3 days per week, with flexibility for the remainder of the days.
In this role, you will:
Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure cloud and HPC infrastructure to support aerospace engineering and flight-critical applications.
Enhance and manage HPC clusters to support simulation, modeling, and computational workloads for aerospace product development.
Develop and maintain Observability platforms (monitoring, logging, alerting) to ensure high availability and rapid incident response.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
Optimize CI/CD pipelines for reliable software and system delivery.
Collaborate with teams to meet performance, security, and compliance requirements.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues across cloud, on-prem, and HPC environments.
Participate in incident response and system hardening.
Stay current with emerging cloud, DevOps, and HPC technologies.
Requirements:
12+ years in Platform Engineering, SRE, or DevOps, ideally in mission-critical environments.
Familiarity with managing Distributed Systems, including HPC clusters (Slurm, PBS, Grid Engine).
Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, Azure, GCP), preferably GCP/AWS.
Proficiency with Terraform and Ansible.
Observability tools experience (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
Strong networking, security, and system performance knowledge.
CI/CD pipeline and automation experience, preferably GitLab
Linux administration and troubleshooting.
Scripting experience (Python, Bash, Go).
Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
US person Status required
Preferred:
Aerospace/defense experience.
Cloud-based or hybrid HPC solutions (AWS ParallelCluster).
Familiarity with NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and aerospace security.
Familiarity with storage systems and parallel filesystems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS, PANFS, NFS) in HPC setups.
Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes in production environments.
GPU computing exposure (CUDA, AI/ML).
Relevant certifications (AWS, HashiCorp, CNCF).
Compensation and Benefits:
In addition to offering a great work environment and the opportunity to be part of the team making electric autonomous flight a reality, at Wisk, we offer excellent total rewards which include a competitive base salary, annual bonus, long term incentive, 401K, health benefits and much more.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay Range the Company expects to pay: $202,740 - $238,518 per year - The starting base salary within this range for this role varies based on factors such as your geographical location, and your relevant job-related experience that is consistent with a business necessity.
We are committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, including those from marginalized or underrepresented groups in the tech industry and aerospace, to apply for our job openings. We consider every candidate who shares our passion for making the impossible possible, even if they may not strictly meet all preferred requirements. We firmly believe that a diverse range of perspectives can profoundly influence both our product and our company culture.
Wisk HQ is located in Mountain View just a couple of hundred feet from Shoreline Lake and its surrounding walking/jogging trails. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year, flexible vacation time off, 11 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately, commuter assistance, and education assistance. And on top of all that, we also offer a variety of perks such as free catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, drinks, employee referral bonus, charitable giving match, patent bonus program, and more.
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