Senior Site Reliability Engineer

• Help to ensure the operation of Planet's internal IT systems
• Improve existing and create new solutions
• Drive the infrastructure setup and maintenance of our new location
• Scripting & Tooling: Use Python or Go to automate repetitive network tasks, configuration management, and data collection. Identify and reduce operational toil through automation, making our systems self-healing and predictable
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Leverage Terraform, Ansible, or SaltStack to manage network configurations as code, moving away from manual CLI changes
• Architect, deploy, and maintain high-availability environments using Juniper (Junos), Arista (EOS), and HP Aruba switching/routing platforms
• Participate in an on-call rotation and drive the continuous improvement of incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-mortem processes
• Collaborate closely with Security and other IT teams to embed reliability, scalability, and security best practices from the ground up

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history to deliver an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors, helping solve our world's toughest obstacles.

• 6+ years experience in infrastructure development and/or operations
• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a related field
• Expertise with a scripting language like Python
• Track record of working with large web applications or computer clusters
• Hands-on experience with Linux deployment and administration
• Advanced experience using configuration management tools (i.e. Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Saltstack) in a production environment (we use Salt and Terraform)
• Solid understanding of Network principles and operations
• Advanced experience with LAN/WAN technologies, protocols and best practices, e.g. BGP

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history to deliver an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors, helping solve our world's toughest obstacles.