IT Systems Administrator

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible with the ultimate goal ofenabling human life on Mars.

IT LINUX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

SpaceX is looking for an experienced Systems Administrator with deep knowledge and broad experience across Linux-based technologies and application support. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced and challenging should be a self-starter self-motivator and possess ingenuity to excel at this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with other SpaceX engineers to gather requirements research evaluate design plan deploy and support Linux-based/open source software platforms and related technologies in a world-class environment that meets the needs of the demanding SpaceX engineering teams. Build highly-resilient high-performance scalable and flexible systems.
• 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline and 1 years of experience in IT systems administration; OR 3 years of experience in IT systems administration in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Linux servers in physical and virtualized environments.
• Experience with scripting and automation languages (e.g. Python).

PREFERRED SKILLS AND 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 setup configure upgrade manage and troubleshoot) Linux-based and open-source systems and technologies such as Apache BIND HAProxy NGINX sendmail/postfix iptables etc.
• Linux shell skills (bash scripting output parsing etc).
• Experience in source code and version control tools such as Git and Subversion.
• Experience with configuration management (Puppet Chef Ansible) provisioning infrastructure as code and other DevOps concepts and tools (Vagrant Docker etc).
• Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
• Excellent communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers vendors management both formal and informal situations.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:

Level I: $90000.00 - $115000.00/per year

Level II: $105000.00 - $140000.00/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.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock stock options or long-term cash awards as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical vision and dental coverage access to a 401(k) retirement plan short and long-term disability insurance life insurance paid parental leave and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law. Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder) (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158 or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race color religion gender national origin/ethnicity veteran status disability status age sexual orientation gender identity marital status mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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