Endpoint Experience Administrator III

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Education Support Program

Paid Time Off

Stock Options

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an Endpoint Administration expert to design, build, and operate the Red Hat Enterprise Linux workstation platform for engineers within Enterprise Technology. You will implement secure baselines, automation, and imaging paths across the fleet while ensuring reliability and security.

Responsibilities include IaC development, imaging automation, security-by-design, and cross-team collaboration with security, architecture, and operations to support mission-critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in information technology in system administration or systems engineering.
• Strong Linux system administration skills, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience required.
• Windows Server administration for hosted application and services.
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code experience, with the ability to author reusable roles and playbooks; Ansible strongly preferred.
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, and/or PowerShell).
• Experience with endpoint provisioning and imaging at scale, including network boot and unattended installation.
• Active Directory administration and understanding of directory-integrated authentication on Linux.
• Experience implementing monitoring and alerting for services you own.
• Hardware and software troubleshooting and customer-service oriented attitude.

Responsibilities

• Linux workstation platform design, build, and operation for engineering users, including content management and lifecycle environments.
• Design and maintain reusable IaC modules, templates, and patterns for workstation provisioning and configuration.
• Build and maintain imaging paths and validate across the hardware catalog.
• Integrate security-by-design with secure baselines, disk encryption, and policy enforcement via automation.
• Produce imaging and support runbooks and ensure cross-team usability.
• Drive automated guardrails and pre-deployment validation for owned platforms.
• Define deliverables and select hardware/software/cloud solutions to meet project needs.
• Develop technical plans and lead cross-team infrastructure efforts relying on automation.
• Review and approve significant infrastructure and automation changes for standards alignment.
• Be a go-to resource for automation, provisioning, and infrastructure supporting fleet endpoints.
• Collaborate with security, architecture, and operations teams on security and reliability objectives.
• Independently analyze, resolve, and provide end-to-end problem resolution.
• Participate in on-call rotation and support flexible work hours.

Skills

Linux system administration

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Windows Server administration

Automation / Infrastructure as Code

Ansible

Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)

Endpoint provisioning and imaging

Active Directory administration

Monitoring and alerting

Customer-service mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or Computer Science

Tools

Red Hat Satellite

Foreman

Git

Job description

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we’re developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin’s mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

As part of a small, accomplished team of experts, you will keep Blue Origin’s engineers working.

Endpoint Administration includes systems management and networking disciplines — the architecture, design, and implementation of services such as identity, endpoint management, data storage, and virtual compute resources. This is a hands‑on administrator role with real ownership across the fleet, including Red Head Enterprise Linux workstation platform.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and commitment to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required.

Responsibilities

Linux workstation platform and imaging

• Design, build, and operate the Red Hat Enterprise Linux workstation platform for engineering users, including Red Hat Satellite content management, host groups, activation keys, and lifecycle environments.
• Design and maintain reusable Infrastructure as Code modules, templates, and patterns for workstation provisioning and configuration that are used across multiple projects and teams.
• Build and maintain end-to-end imaging paths — network provisioning and removable-media autoinstaller — and validate them across the supported hardware catalog.
• Integrate security-by-design into the platform: standardized secure baselines, disk encryption, certificate-based network access, endpoint agent enrollment, and policy enforcement applied through automation rather than by hand.
• Produce imaging and support runbooks for the help desk, and validate them with a non‑author so the platform is supportable outside the team that built it.
• Drive implementation of automated guardrails, including configuration compliance checks and pre‑deployment validation, for the platforms you own.

Technical leadership

• Define project deliverables and select appropriate hardware, software, and cloud solutions to meet project needs.
• Develop technical plans for team review, and provide input to program planning on schedule and effort.
• Lead cross-team infrastructure efforts that depend on automation and standardized provisioning.
• Review and approve significant infrastructure and automation changes for alignment with organizational standards and risk tolerance.
• Be a go‑to resource for automation, provisioning and infrastructure supporting our fleet of endpoints.
• Collaborate with security, architecture, and operations teams to ensure changes support required security and reliability objectives.
• Independently analyze, solve, and correct issues in real time, providing problem resolution end-to-end.
• Regular participation in on‑call rotation.
• Available to support flexible work hours to support various organizational objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in information technology in system administration or systems engineering.
• Strong Linux system administration skills, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience required.
• Windows Server administration for hosted application and services.
• Demonstrated automation and Infrastructure as Code experience, with the ability to author reusable roles and playbooks rather than one-off scripts. Ansible strongly preferred.
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python, and/or PowerShell) to optimize for consistency and efficiency.
• Experience with endpoint provisioning and imaging at scale, including network boot and unattended installation.
• Active Directory administration and an understanding of directory-integrated authentication on Linux.
• Experience implementing monitoring and alerting for services you own.
• Hardware and software troubleshooting and support.
• Customer-service-oriented attitude to support and instruct computer users with technical backgrounds.

Desired

• Red Hat Satellite or Foreman experience, including provisioning templates and content lifecycle management.
• Experience building systems to CUI, CMMC, NIST 800‑171, or DISA STIG requirements.
• Familiarity with disk encryption at scale (LUKS, BitLocker) and with key escrow and recovery workflows.
• Experience with certificate-based network access (802.1X) and enterprise VPN clients on Linux.
• Git-based workflows and peer review for infrastructure code.
• Experience improving a service from manual operation toward automated, self-service delivery.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Base Pay Range For

WA applicants is $112,059.00 - $156,882.60

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training.
• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “Know Your Rights,” please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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