IT Windows Systems Administrator
- Level
- Junior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 30 October 2026.
About the role
SpaceX's standard text
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 of enabling human life on Mars.
IT WINDOWS SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
SpaceX is looking for a Systems Administrator with knowledge and broad experience across Microsoft-based technologies. This employee will be a member of the Information Technology Windows Infrastructure team and will support all SpaceX personnel. The ideal candidate will be flexible and flourish in a fast-paced and challenging environment. They should be a self-starter, self-motivator, and possess ingenuity to excel at this position.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support users and maintain critical resources in a broad range of use cases and environments.
- Troubleshoot and recover failed Windows systems or resources.
- Implement policies based on guidance from security and engineering teams.
- Define, document, and implement best practice standards.
- Support user productivity applications such as O365, Outlook, Teams.
- Monitor for and remediate critical issues in production environments.
- Contribute to Internal Documentation and Runbooks.
- Partner with Internal Service Desk Teams for ticketing escalations and triage.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline and 1+ years of experience in IT systems administration OR 3+ years of experience in IT systems administration without a degree.
- 3+ years of experience maintaining a Windows-based infrastructure, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Experience with Authentication and SSO solutions (SAML, OIDC/OAUTH, Flask, Mellon, ADFS, NPS/Radius/Tacacs).
- 5+ years implementing and troubleshooting Windows systems (Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2016+).
- Analysis of memory dump and logs for advanced troubleshooting of systems.
- Recovery of failed Windows systems (unable to boot).
- Imaging of Windows systems (WDS, sysprep).
- Operating system patch management at scale.
- Experience in leveraging code repositories and revisioning tools.
- Understanding of EntraID as an authentication platform and Identity Provider with security features.
- Experience with scripting languages, such as PowerShell, Python, Bash.
- Experience in user administration in Active Directory and EntraID.
- Experience in supporting the Microsoft Office 365 suite on workstations and mobile devices, such as Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
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's standard text
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.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.
What this role asks for
74% of this description is written for the role. The rest is SpaceX's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with SpaceX's other open jobs.
The team: Information Technology - Corporate HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 33 open in Information Technology - Corporate. 11 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Linux (21 of 33), Python (17 of 33), PowerShell (11 of 33), Cisco (9 of 33), Bash (8 of 33), SQL (8 of 33), Active Directory (7 of 33)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- IT NOC Technician posted Oct 30
- IT Windows Systems Administrator posted Oct 30
- Sr. IT Windows Engineer posted Oct 30
- Voice Systems Engineer posted Oct 28
- Sr. IT Systems Administrator, IT Applications posted Oct 27
- Data Center Technician posted Oct 27
- Lead Video & Voice Systems Engineer posted Oct 22
- IT Windows System Engineer - Top Secret Clearance posted Oct 8
- IT Infrastructure Engineer, Virtualization & Storage posted Oct 7
- Data Center Technician posted Oct 2
- Sr. IT Systems Engineer, DevOps posted Sep 26
- Sr. Data Center Administrator posted Sep 26
- Site Reliability Engineer, Kubernetes Platform (Top Secret Clearance) posted Sep 25
- Data Center Administrator posted Sep 21
- IT Systems Engineer, Propellant Generation & Industrial Systems posted Sep 17
- Sr. IT Systems Administrator, IT Applications posted Sep 17
- IT Systems Administrator, Manufacturing posted Sep 17
- Video & Voice Systems Administrator posted Sep 10
- IT Licensing Technician posted Sep 9
- Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization) posted Sep 9
- IT Security Engineer - Top Secret Clearance posted Sep 4
- Data Center Administrator posted Sep 4
- Sr. IT Network Engineer posted Aug 28
- Database Reliability Engineer posted Aug 26
- IT Storage Engineer posted Aug 11
- Sr. IT Systems Administrator, IT Applications posted Jul 20
- Sr. IT Systems Administrator, IT Applications posted Jul 20
- Sr. IT Systems Administrator, IT Applications posted Jul 20
- Site Reliability Engineer (Top Secret Clearance) posted Jun 19
- Sr. IT Systems Administrator (Top Secret Clearance) posted Jun 19
- Data Center Administrator posted May 11
- IT Network Infrastructure Engineer, Launch posted Mar 11
From the team and dates on SpaceX's own job board.
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