Space Systems Administrator (Aerospace)

Location: On-site at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, in a secured classified facility. Primarily standard business hours with periodic support outside normal hours and rotational 24/7 on-call response.

Salary: $125,000–$165,000 per year, depending on education, experience, and other factors.

Company

hirify.global is an aerospace engineering and information technology small business providing engineering services and product development for government and industry customers across civilian and military aerospace programs.

What you will do

• Monitor, maintain, and administer the Space Mission Platform and tenant applications to ensure availability, performance, and operational reliability.
• Troubleshoot system issues, outages, alerts, and performance concerns while supporting daily mission operations.
• Plan and implement system upgrades, enhancements, patches, service packs, and modernization activities.
• Conduct system audits, assess system health and compliance, and develop performance reports and improvement recommendations.
• Maintain technical documentation, procedures, and standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate with site support teams, administrators, engineers, mission operators, government technical leadership, and program personnel.

Requirements

• US citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance are required. Willingness to complete a background investigation and apply for a TS/SCI upgrade may be necessary.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 6+ years of combined systems administration, DevOps, and/or software engineering experience, or 4+ years with a graduate degree.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE or CCNA-Security, or the ability to obtain it during onboarding.
• Strong Linux administration, Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware vSphere, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, system monitoring, troubleshooting, and sustainment experience.
• Ability to support technical leadership, cross-functional engineering, documentation, independent work, multiple priorities, and rotational 24/7 on-call response.

Nice to have

• DoD, USAF, USSF, NASA, classified, or other mission-critical environment experience.
• DISA STIG/RMF hardening, SELinux, Secure Boot, air-gapped operations, enterprise storage, or high-throughput networking experience.
• Python scientific libraries, configuration management, automation frameworks, observability tools, message brokers, or Linux shell scripting.
• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation, SQL Server, Oracle, Kubernetes, containers, RHCSA, or related infrastructure certifications.
• Knowledge of the Space Domain Awareness/Command and Control mission and parallel programming concepts.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• HSA or FSA accounts and supplemental insurance options.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability and AD&D insurance.
• Paid federal holidays, vacation leave, and sick leave.
• 401(k) with company match and education assistance.
• Mission-focused work supporting the U.S. Space Force in a classified operational environment.