Mission Support Systems Administrator III
Mission Support Systems Administrator III
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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. Were working to develop reusable safe and lowcost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety collaboration and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!
We are a diverse team of collaborators doers and problemsolvers 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 Origins vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.
As a part of a small crossfunctional team youll help implement operate and maintain critical infrastructure supporting mission and test operations for Blue Origins Advanced Development Programs. Youll share in the teams impact on all aspects of ADP by ensuring ground systems audio visual information systems and networking are ready to support test and flight operations. This is a handson position focused on scoping scheduling tracking and reporting the design development qualification and activation of ADP system in FL. In this role youll also identify and communicate risks and opportunities to project/mission schedules to ensure efficient implementation of new equipment.
We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise leadership skills and dedication to quality to positively impact safe spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!
Responsibilities:
- Configure deploy and maintain IT hardware including workstations servers hypervisors switches and printer.
- Configure deploy and maintain missionsupportsystems including video and voice communications.
- Provide operationalsupportfor all mission systems command/control in critical test and operations environment.
- Adaptively build highly robust fault tolerant onprem infrastructure tosupportunique customer requirements for data systems control and monitoring.
- Providesupportin a mission critical environment including troubleshooting and diagnosing enduser issues in highly visible time sensitive situations.
- Troubleshoot network issues and mitigate or provide detailed relevant data such as pcaps quantitative data and logs to network engineers for further triage.
- Generate and modify user accounts through standardized identity management tools as well as situational use of Powershell and native Microsoft administrative consoles for spontaneous change requirements.
- Assist in configuration management efforts by generating detailed work instructions and other industry standard workflows for software and systems level configuration control.
- Create new software and hardware deployment baselines built in accordance with established STIGs.
- Generate and updateengineeringdrawings of system deployments and ICDs (Interface Control Documents).
- Inventory management including maintaining internal asset tracking tools spares procurement physical restocking and deployment.
- Adapt quickly to new work scope and provide secondarysupportto unique oneoff systems such as weather monitoring fiber optics distribution RF distribution/control towers PKI and datacenter facilities management.
- Supportoccasional overtime and overnight operations tosupporttest and launch campaigns.
- Travel as needed tosupportdeployed ground systems infrastructure across the country.
Qualifications:
- Ability to earn trust maintain positive and professional relationships and contribute to a culture of inclusion
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
- Experience managing Linux as well as Windows server and desktop environments
- Prior experience building monitoring solutions such as SNMP monitoring tools.
- Practical knowledge and experience with standard network protocols (ie 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 experience ability to assemble and reconfigure workstation and server hardware.
- Prior experience managing web servers including basic proficiency with HTML JavaScript and SQL.
- Ability to climb ladders and work on elevated structures.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to lift and install heavy server and communications equipment.
Desired:
- Prior experience utilizing Atlassian Confluence and JIRA from a user as well as administration perspective.
- Experience with AWS cloud computing
- Experience deploying and maintaining new VMware hypervisors.
- Experience writing automation scripts in Powershell and Bash
- Experience building standardized Windows and Linux images as well as deployment tools and methodologies.
- Experience with industrial controls software and infrastructure.
- Layer 2 networking experience experience configuring and deploying network switches from scratch.
- Knowledge and experience with PKI STIGS disk encryption and firewall administration.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible Netbox Puppet Chef GitLab etc.
- Experience creating front end software interfaces to interact with databases.
- Database administration experience.
- Bachelors Degree or higher in Computer Science or other IT discipline.
- Experience managing video distribution systems (baseband and IPTV)
- Experience managing VoIP/Mission Voice systems
Inclusivity Statement
Dont meet all desired requirements Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Export Control Regulations
Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the a refugee or granted asylum.
Background Check
Required for all positions: Blues Standard Background Check
Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files Medical Certification Road Test Hours of Service Drug and Alcohol Testing (CDL drivers only) vehicle inspection requirements CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training.
Benefits
Benefits include: Medical dental vision basic and supplemental life insurance paid parental leave short and longterm disability 401(k) with a company match of up to 5 and an Education Support Program.
Paid Time Off: Up to four 4 weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours and up to 14 companypaid holidays.
Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
Eligibility for benefits varies by role type please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting retaining and developing a highly qualified diverse and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications performance and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust equality and teamwork in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire promotion and other terms and conditions of employment regardless of their race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin/ethnicity age physical or mental disability genetic factors military/veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by federal state and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal state and local laws including the Washington Fair Chance Act the California Fair Chance Act the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance and other applicable laws. For more information on EEO Is the Law please see here.
Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
