IT Windows Systems Engineer

SpaceX; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an IT Windows Systems Engineer to support and build Microsoft enterprise platforms across the SpaceX IT landscape. The role emphasizes Windows OS engineering, AD/Kerberos, PKI, and automation to deliver scalable, secure infrastructure for demanding engineering teams.

Ideal candidates will have strong PowerShell skills, experience with AD CS/AD FS, and a proven ability to design high-availability systems with robust monitoring and security controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a STEM discipline and 3+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 5+ years in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Windows operating system engineering and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Work with SpaceX engineers to gather requirements and deploy Microsoft enterprise software platforms.
• Build highly resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
• Make recommendations and implement improvements using change control processes.
• Collaborate with internal units to design and deliver solutions and resolve issues promptly.
• Drive designs in architecture, security, and scripting/automation across environments.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

PowerShell

Security PKI

Networking

System Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Active Directory Certificate Services

Active Directory Federation Services

PKI tooling

Scripting / automation tools

Job description

IT WINDOWS SYSTEMS ENGINEER

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

SpaceX is looking for an experienced engineer with deep knowledge and broad experience across Microsoft-based technologies. This employee will be a member of the Information Technology Windows Infrastructure team and will support systems all across SpaceX. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging environment, and will exercise a high degree of responsibility for the processes, systems, and tools you create and manage; all supporting the goal of making humanity an interplanetary species.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with other SpaceX engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support Microsoft enterprise software platforms and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding SpaceX engineering teams.
• Build highly-resilient, high-performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
• Make recommendations, justify, and implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology.
• Work within diverse groups to design and deliver creative solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner by interacting with internal business units.
• Drive designs, implementations, and support in the following areas:
  • Architecture: making considerations for interoperability, scale, efficiency, and business continuity for users within and across environments.
  • Security: building PKI standards and ensuring access and data is protected. KMS, HSM, certificate management, encryption methods, etc.
  • Scripting and automation: developing solutions to address issues at scale.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a STEM discipline and 3+ years of systems engineering experience; OR 5+ years of systems engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Windows operating system engineering and architecture.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, and multi-platform authentication and identification environments.
• Experience (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) with Windows-based systems and services (i.e. Active Directory Certificate Services, Active Directory Federation Services in both physical and virtual environments).
• Experience with cryptography fundamentals: PKI standards, data encryption or key management.
• Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems architectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection.
• Expert level PowerShell experience; beyond running cmdlets, experience with writing larger scripts and automation-driven processes.
• Experience in building robust monitoring and automated remediation services for critical systems (SCOM, Icinga, or equivalent).
• Experience with hybrid scenarios with EntraID and Active Directory.
• Experience with configuration management, provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps and/or SRE best practices, concepts and tools.
• Ability to support deployment of HSMs and cryptographic solutions.
• Understanding of developing web and C#/. Net applications and build processes.
• Networking experience in IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls and high availability architecture.
• Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .

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