Lunar Systems Administrator III/IV

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., 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 U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical, Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified 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. 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, sex, 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 "Know Your Rights," please see here.

Affirmative Action and Disability Accommodation

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To conform to U.S. Government commercial space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the U.S. (i.e. current green card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. § 1157-1158. Learn more about the ITAR here.

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. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here and here.

• 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 DevOps engineering.
• Experience managing Linux as well as Windows server and desktop environments
• 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., * Prior experience utilizing Atlassian Confluence and JIRA, from a user as well as administration perspective.
• Strong experience in leading complex DevOps projects from inception to completion, involving multiple stakeholders.
• Practical experience with deploying and managing application security measures, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity standards.
• Experience with AWS cloud computing
• Experience building standardized Windows and Linux images, as well as deployment tools and methodologies.
• Experience with industrial controls software and infrastructure.
• 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.

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.