IT Systems Administrator (Top Secret Clearance)

The role

This employee will support SpaceX personnel and systems as a member of the Information Technology team. They will design, deploy, and support enterprise software platforms and related technologies.

What you will do

• Gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support enterprise software platforms.
• Build highly-resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
• Apply SpaceX Enterprise technology standards in smaller air-gapped environments.
• Manage processes, systems, and tools.
• Implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology.
• Design and deliver creative solutions by interacting with internal business units.
• Define, document and follow standards and best practices for systems design, testing, and implementation.
• Drive scripting and automation to develop solutions to common problems.

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• 4+ years of experience in IT systems administration.
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance.
• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Willing to do some travel domestically (<10%) in the future as needed.

Nice to have

• Significant experience designing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting classified networks.
• Working knowledge of Windows-based systems and services.
• Expert ability to set up, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot Windows-based systems and services such as DHCP, DNS, IIS, Microsoft SQL Server, NPS, and related services.
• Experience with enterprise Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint deployments.
• Experience with configuration management, provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps concepts and tools.
• Experience with IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls, and high-availability architecture.
• Experience with networking technologies and the Linux operating system.
• Experience with Windows servers in physical and virtualized enterprise-level environments.
• Experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, and multi-platform authentication and identification environments.
• PowerShell scripting experience.

Benefits

• Company stock or long-term cash awards.
• Ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various other discounts and perks.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick leave.

Before you apply

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
• Subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.
• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from

About the company

SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible.