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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. IT Windows Engineer - **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - **Location:** Hawthorne, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,000.0 - $195,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** .NET Framework, Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Active Directory Federation Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Configuration Management, DevOps, Fault Tolerance, Revision Control Systems, Hardware Security Module, Icinga, IPv4, Interoperability, Kerberos (Protocol), Key Management, System Center Operations Management, Routing, Performance Tuning, Public Key Infrastructure, Windows PowerShell, SSL Certificate Management, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, System Availability, Virtual Environment, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Build Process, Multiplatform - **Published:** June 2, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8cc990b4fa27c5fc ## About the Role Do you have experience in Windows?, Do you have a High school diploma or GED?, SpaceX is looking for an experienced engineer with deep knowledge and broad experience across Microsoft-based technologies. This employee will be a member of the Information Technology Windows Infrastructure team and will support systems all across SpaceX. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast-paced and challenging environment, and will 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., * High school diploma or equivalency certificate. * 7+ years of hands-on experience with Windows operating system engineering and architecture. * Experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, and multi-platform authentication and identification environments. * Experience (including the ability to setup, configure, upgrade, manage, and troubleshoot) with Windows-based systems and services (i.e. Active Directory Certificate Services, Active Directory Federation Services in both physical and virtual environments). * Scripting experience in PowerShell, leveraging source code and version control tools. * Experience with cryptography fundamentals: PKI standards, data encryption or key management. 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 level PowerShell experience; beyond running cmdlets, experience with writing larger scripts and automation-driven processes. * Experience in building robust monitoring and automated remediation services for critical systems (SCOM, Icinga, or equivalent). * Experience with hybrid scenarios with EntraID and Active Directory. * Experience with configuration management, provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps and/or SRE best practices, concepts and tools. * Ability to support deployment of HSMs and cryptographic solutions. * Understanding of developing web and C#/. Net applications and build processes. * Networking experience in IPv4, switching, routing, firewalls and high availability architecture. * Comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities. * Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations. ## Description * Work closely with other SpaceX engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support Microsoft enterprise 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. * Make recommendations, justify, and implement improvements using an accepted change control methodology. * Work within diverse groups to design and deliver creative solutions and resolve problems in a timely and proactive manner by interacting with internal business units. * Drive designs, implementations, and support in the following areas: + Architecture: making considerations for interoperability, scale, efficiency, and business continuity for users within and across environments. + Security: building PKI standards and ensuring access and data is protected. 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