Launch IT Systems Administrator - Mission-Critical Ops

InvestedintheMission; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an IT Systems Administrator to support networking, compute administration, and application support in our launch environment. The role is critical to maintaining mission-critical systems and safe launch cadence with emphasis on operational excellence.

The candidate will deploy and upgrade IT infrastructure, monitor services and respond to incidents, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure configurations comply with ITAR, ISO, and NIST standards.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of IT systems administration experience.
• Hands-on experience with Linux or Windows server administration.
• Experience with enterprise network administration and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Augment and deploy new IT infrastructure, including networking, server, and desktop hardware directly supporting mission critical networks across the country.
• Perform periodic systems upgrades and patches in between critical operations, sometimes on weekends and evenings.
• Monitor IT services and respond aggressively to incidents to maintain systems performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively identify and resolve potential technical issues with systems deployments.
• Author and maintain documentation for IT systems, from systems overview documents and design drawings to procedures.
• Leverage automation tools and contribute to IT systems engineering efforts.
• Ensure that systems are configured and maintained in compliance with industry and cybersecurity standards (e.g. ITAR, ISO, NIST).

Skills

IT systems administration

Network administration

Linux administration

Windows administration

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

SCCM

Active Directory

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an IT Systems Administrator to support networking, compute administration, and application support in our launch environment. The role is critical to maintaining mission-critical systems and safe launch cadence with emphasis on operational excellence.

The candidate will deploy and upgrade IT infrastructure, monitor services and respond to incidents, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure configurations comply with ITAR, ISO, and NIST standards.