About Intuitive Machines:
Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With multiple NASA lunar missions in development and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting NASA, our customers, and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety.Our long-term partnership with NASA has created an exciting opportunity for a Windows Server Administrator to support the MTIC contract at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX.
This position is primarily remote (Houston TX); however, the client may require occasional onsite presence (approximately 3–4 days per week) in the future, based on project needs.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for cross training lower-level system administrators and providing expert support to the contract.
- Responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining operating systems on Windows servers, including web, database, and applications.
- Performs software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software packages.
- Schedules installations and upgrades and maintains IT infrastructure in accordance with established policies and procedures.
- Monitors and tunes the systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
- Ensures server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions.
- Develops, promotes, and maintains standard operating procedures.
- Will conduct routine hardware and software audits of servers to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
- Demonstrates a working knowledge of software, hardware, operating systems and installation procedures.
- May define new hardware, software and upgrade requirements for existing equipment, or requirements recommendations for new equipment.
- Will actively monitor system activity for errors and unauthorized access.
- Will consistently document systems and work instructions.
- The ability to effectively communicate with management and contractor employees is required.
- Provide system support to technology & business teams as needed during development, delivery, & design to guarantee robust, strong, scalable solutions.
General Requirements:
- A CS/CIS degree w/5+ years of experience or a related technical degree or the equivalent of 10 years of related experience. Must have a minimum of 3 years as a Windows System Administrator
- Expertise in Microsoft Windows Enterprise operating systems and with all Microsoft office products is required. The ability to effectively communicate in both verbal and written forms with management and contractor employees is required
- Experience with Windows Enterprise operating systems, VMWare in HA environment, Networks (Cisco), load balancers (F5), Network Appliance mass storage (NetApp), and server monitoring tools (SolarWinds etc.).
US EEO Statement:
Intuitive Machines is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
