Cybersecurity Specialist

About the role: IT Systems Administrator - Top Secret Clearance

At Top Secret Clearance Jobs, we are dedicated to helping professionals with exclusive security clearance find their next career opportunity and achieve success within 48 hours.

We are currently seeking a skilled Systems Administrator with expertise in Microsoft-based technologies, networking, and Linux. This individual will be a valuable member of our Information Technology team, supporting SpaceX personnel and systems.

The ideal candidate will be flexible, adaptable, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. He or she should possess excellent communication skills, self-motivation, and ingenuity to excel at this position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with IT administrators and engineers to design, deploy, and support enterprise software platforms and related technologies.
• Take lessons learned from the SpaceX Enterprise and apply them in smaller air-gapped environments.
• Exercise high responsibility for processes, systems, and tools created and managed, aligning with the goal of making humanity an interplanetary species.
• Make recommendations 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 manner.
• Define, document, and follow standards and best practices for systems design, testing, and implementation.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in IT systems administration.
• Experience with Windows servers in physical and virtualized enterprise level environments.
• Experience with Active Directory, Kerberos, and multi-platform authentication/identification environments.
• Experience with networking technologies and the Linux operating system environment.
• PowerShell (or other) scripting experience.

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) Windows-based systems and services such as DHCP, DNS, IIS, MS-SQL, NPS, etc.
• Experience with Enterprise Microsoft Exchange deployments.
• Expertise in source code and version control tools.
• Experience with configuration management, provisioning, infrastructure as code, and other DevOps concepts and tools.

BENEFITS:

• A competitive salary range of $85,000 - $115,000 per year.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Eligibility for 5 days of sick leave per year.

Additional Requirements:

• Active Top Secret or TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends when needed.

Estimated Salary Range: $85,000 - $115,000 per year.