Sr. Manager, IT Systems Engineering

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.

SR. MANAGER IT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

SpaceX is looking for an experienced senior manager of IT systems engineering. This role will encompass leading and managing many IT Engineering teams dedicated to Windows Linux Network Network Security Virtualization and Data Center operations. Candidates must have experience working in organizations capable of meeting the demanding needs of high caliber engineers while also supporting critical operations such as launch and mission operations and 24x7 manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast paced always changing and challenging environment. Candidate should be a self-starter and have excellent motivation leadership and ingenuity to excel at this position.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define requirements perform research evaluate vendors/solutions design/implement solutions and provide ongoing support for all technologies in scope. Provide simple but effective scalability performance and reliability.
• Drive consistent standardized solutions across SpaceX for all software configurations and processes.
• Implement tools and processes for efficient and effective operational management of the environment -- change management monitoring alerting incident handling customer request handling etc.
• Apply security-minded decision making processes and maintain strong attention to details.
• Define manage and execute on a roadmap of projects that continues to raise the bar through implementing innovative technology tools automation and processes with a team of engineers and administrators.
• Interact with internal customers to provide solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner. Serve as a primary liaison from IT to customers.
• Be involved advise and participate in the technical decisions of the teams they oversee.
• Actively participate in crises as they arise applying a strong sense of ownership and maintaining appropriate communication with stakeholders.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of IT systems engineering OR 7 years of IT systems engineering experience.
• 4 years of experience in IT management.
• Professional experience with configuration management tools and concepts.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience organizing and leading teams of IT engineers of varying size and scope toward common goals.
• Expertise in creating repeatable reliable scalable systems architectures with high availability fault tolerance performance tuning monitoring and statistics/metrics collection.
• Experience with configuration management provisioning infrastructure as code and other DevOps concepts and tools.
• Must be operationally minded and drive for the highest uptime of systems.
• Experience owning all aspects of corporate IT engineering teams in a distributed enterprise environment.
• 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 verbal and written communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers vendors management both formal and informal situations.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to pass Air Force background checks for Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.
• Ability to travel (<25%) to other SpaceX sites.
• Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Sr. Manager IT Systems Engineering: $175000.00 - $230000.00/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 accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual carryover and use requirements of the law.

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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