Lunar Systems Administrator III​/IV

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Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

We are a team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.

As a part of a small, cross‑functional team responsible for Lunar network, IT, and communications infrastructure, you'll be instrumental in supporting hardware‑in‑the‑loop integration and mission operations for Blue Origin's lunar landers. This is a hands‑on position focused on supporting critical IT equipment and ensuring our internal customers receive the prompt and effective technology support necessary for building, launching, and operating lunar landers.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Configure, deploy, and maintain IT hardware, including workstations, servers, hypervisors, switches, and printer.
• Lead the design and implementation of a configuration management solution.
• Lead initiatives to enhance automation, improve deployment frequency, and reduce manual interventions.
• Support all aspects of information technology, including availability, reliability, performance, monitoring, backup, and security related functions for a variety of infrastructure solutions.
• Drive and lead improvements across the technology spectrum.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain mission support systems, including video and voice communications.
• Adaptively build highly robust, fault tolerant on‑prem infrastructure to support unique customer requirements for data systems control and monitoring.
• Provide support in a mission critical environment, including troubleshooting and diagnosing end‑user issues in highly visible, time sensitive situations.
• Create new software and hardware deployment baselines built in accordance with established STIGs.
• Generate and update engineering drawings of system deployments and ICDs (Interface Control Documents).
• Inventory management of ground infrastructure, including maintaining internal asset tracking tools, spares procurement, physical restocking, and deployment.
• Conduct regular audits of CI/CD pipelines to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Adapt quickly to new work scope and provide secondary support to unique one‑off systems such as weather monitoring, fiber optics distribution, RF distribution/control towers, PKI, and datacenter facilities management.

• US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• B.S. degree in information systems or computer science, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years professional experience minimum
• Demonstrated ability working in IT in Systems Administration and Dev Ops engineering.
• Experience managing Linux as well as Windows server and desktop environments
• Practical knowledge and experience with standard network protocols (i.e. DHCP, DNS, NPS, SQL, SMTP, NFS, etc)
• Experience writing technical documentation and procedures.
• Experience managing Active Directory environments, including writing custom account creation and management automation.
• Hardware troubleshooting…