IT Systems Administrator
Mission Systems
Posted on 4/10/2023
INACTIVE
SpaceX

10,001+ employees

Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Company Overview
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Aerospace
Hardware

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.2B

Founded

2002

Headquarters

Hawthorne, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

33%
Locations
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
TCP/IP
Bash
Python
Communications
MySQL
Management
Nginx
Development Operations (DevOps)
Linux/Unix
CategoriesNew
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • 4+ years of experience in IT systems administration
  • Experience with Linux and Windows servers in physical and virtualized enterprise environments
  • Experience with networking technologies and enterprise switch management
  • Knowledge of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP), firewalls, and security technologies
  • Python, Bash, PowerShell (or similar) scripting experience
  • Familiarity with Active Directory and multi-platform authentication/identification environments
  • Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems architectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection
  • Advanced networking experience in IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls and HA architecture
  • Expert working knowledge, including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot, Windows-based systems and services (i.e. SCCM, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP)
  • Experience with Linux services such as MySQL, InfluxDB, Grafana, NGINX, Apache
  • Experience with industrial control systems (PLCs, RIOS, DAQs, SCADA)
  • Expertise in source code and version control tools
  • Experience with configuration management, provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps concepts and tools
  • Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Ability to pass DoD background check for launch site access
  • Willing to work extended hours or weekends as necessary
  • Willing to be on after-hours on-call rotation
  • Willing to travel (up to 20%)
  • Ability to lift up to 30lbs
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
Responsibilities
  • Ensure the availability and health of mission-critical systems
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve technical problems
  • Troubleshoot hardware, software, and network issues
  • Monitor and analyze system performance and implement performance improvements
  • Develop and maintain documentation for IT systems, processes, and procedures
  • Ensure that systems are configured and maintained in compliance with industry standards and regulations (e.g. ITAR, ISO, NIST)
  • 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
  • Make recommendations, justify, and implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology