Launch IT Systems Admin — Mission Systems

SpaceX; Vandenberg Air Force Base Launch Facility 02 (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Stock purchase plan

Medical, vision & dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an IT Systems Administrator for the Mission Systems group to support networking, compute, and application needs across the launch environment. The role is critical to enabling safe, high-cadence launch operations nationwide and requires a versatile technical generalist.

Ideal candidates have strong Linux/Windows server experience, network design and troubleshooting skills, and a background in cyber and aerospace-grade IT standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in IT systems administration.
• Extensive hands-on experience with both Linux and Windows server administration.
• Significant experience designing, deploying, supporting and troubleshooting enterprise networks.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and augment IT infrastructure supporting mission-critical networks.
• Provide direct IT support during launch and test campaigns.
• Perform periodic upgrades and maintenance between operations, including weekends.
• Proactively monitor IT services and respond rapidly to incidents to ensure high availability and optimal systems performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve issues with deployments.
• Author and maintain documentation for IT systems, including design drawings and procedures.
• Leverage automation tools and contribute to infrastructure-as-code initiatives.
• Ensure systems comply with industry and cybersecurity standards (ITAR, ISO, NIST).

Skills

TCP/IP

DNS

DHCP

SNMP

NTP

PTP

Firewall

Cybersecurity

Scripting

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Active Directory

Multi-platform auth

Virtualization

Windows systems

Linux systems

Real-time systems

OT environments

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an IT Systems Administrator for the Mission Systems group to support networking, compute, and application needs across the launch environment. The role is critical to enabling safe, high-cadence launch operations nationwide and requires a versatile technical generalist.

Ideal candidates have strong Linux/Windows server experience, network design and troubleshooting skills, and a background in cyber and aerospace-grade IT standards.