IT Windows Systems Engineer - Top Secret Clearance

Position Overview

Hawthorne, CA

Space

X is looking for a Windows Systems Engineer with deep knowledge and broad experience across Microsoft-based technologies, in addition to broader experience and capability with networking and Linux technologies. This employee will be part of the Information Technology team supporting Space

X personnel and systems in a fast‑paced environment.

• Work closely with other Space
  
  X IT administrators and engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support enterprise software platforms and related technologies in a world‑class environment that meets the needs of the demanding Space
  
  X engineering teams. Build highly‑resilient, high‑performance, scalable, and flexible systems.
• Take lessons learned and technology standards from the Space
  
  X Enterprise and apply them in smaller air‑gapped environments.
• 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.
• Work within a diverse group to design and deliver creative solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner by interacting with internal business units.
• Define, document and follow standards and best practices for systems design, testing, and implementation.
• Drive scripting and automation to develop solutions to common problems.

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 5+ years of experience in IT systems; or 7+ years of experience in IT systems in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• 3+ years of experience with Windows servers in physical and virtualized enterprise level environments.
• 3+ years of experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, and multi‑platform authentication/identification environments.
• 1+ years of experience with networking technologies and the Linux operating system environment.
• 1+ year of scripting experience.

• Expertise in creating repeatable, reliable, scalable systems architectures, with high availability, fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring, and statistics/metrics collection.
• Expert working knowledge (including the ability to set up, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) Windows‑based systems and services such as DHCP, DNS, IIS, MS‑SQL, NPS, etc.
• Experience with Enterprise Microsoft Exchange deployments.
• Expertise in source code and version control tools.
• Experience with configuration management, provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other Dev Ops concepts and tools.
• Strong familiarity with Windows Server 2016/2019 (i.e. AD, DNS, DHCP, etc).
• Networking experience in IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls and HA architecture.
• Must be comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management, etc. in both formal and informal situations.

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI with Polygraph. Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive Space
  
  X missions. If so, you will be subject to pre‑employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.
• Must be willing to do some travel domestically and globally (< 10%) in the future as needed.
• Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Pay Range: IT Windows Systems Engineer $ - $ per year.

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job‑related knowledge and skills, education, and experience. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once…