Launch Communications Systems Administrator II

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

We are a diverse 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, you’ll help define the scope and manage work for the Command, Control, and Communications (C3) team for New Glenn as its C3 Technical Project Manager. You’ll share in the team’s impact on all aspects of New Glenn Operations by ensuring ground electrical, vehicle Transporter Erector (TE), and launch support systems are ready for integrated operations and safe spaceflight. This is a hands-on position focused on scoping, scheduling, tracking, and reporting the design, development, qualification, and activation of C3 systems for New Glenn in FL. In this role, you’ll also identify and communicate risks and opportunities to project/mission schedules to ensure efficient implementation of new equipment.

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!

Responsibilities:

• Configure, deploy, support and maintain mission critical IT hardware, including workstations, servers, hypervisors, switches, printers and other launch command/control assets.
• Build robust, fault tolerant on-prem infrastructure to support unique customer requirements for data systems control and monitoring. 
• Identify sources of system degradation and mitigate, or provide detailed relevant data such as pcaps, quantitative data, and logs to network engineers for further triage.
• Generate and modify user accounts through standardized identity management tools (Active Directory),
• Assist in configuration management efforts by generating detailed work instructions and other industry standard workflows for software and systems level configuration control.
• Create software and hardware deployment baselines built in accordance with established STIGs.
• Generate and update engineering drawings of system deployments
• Inventory management, including maintaining internal asset tracking tools, spares procurement, physical restocking, and deployment.
• Practical knowledge and experience with standard network protocols (ie DHCP, DNS, NPS, SQL, SMTP, NFS, etc)
• Prior experience managing web servers, including basic proficiency with HTML, JavaScript, and SQL.
• Prior experience utilizing Atlassian Confluence and JIRA both user and admin
• Experience writing automation scripts in Powershell and Bash
• Experience with industrial controls software, hardware and protocols.
• Knowledge and experience with PKI, STIGS, disk encryption and firewall administration.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Netbox, Puppet, Chef, GitLab, etc.
• Knowledge and experience with PKI, STIGS, disk encryption and firewall administration.

Qualifications:

• 3 years of applicable experience
• Support occasional overtime and overnight operations to support test and launch campaigns.
• Travel as needed to support deployed ground systems infrastructure across the country.
• Experience writing technical documentation and procedures.
• Ability to climb ladders and work on elevated structures.
• Ability to lift and install heavy server and communications equipment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion. 

Desired:

• Experience coordinating the development of PLC-based systems, fielding/testing them in an operational environment, and managing multiple subcontractors in the process
• Experience with launch vehicle, aircraft, or spacecraft manufacturing, integration, and test
• Experience interfacing electrical/avionics equipment with flight network systems
• Knowledge of systems engineering practices; manufacturing fabrication and assembly processes, and quality control.
• Knowledge of industrial system from Rockwell and Allan Bradley
• Database administration experience.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

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.

Benefits

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.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

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, 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 “EEO Is the Law,” please see here.

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