Job brief: Sr. IT Systems Administrator (Top Secret Clearance)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $95,000 to $150,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Washington, DC
• Posted: 2026-06-19 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Sr".

Must have

• SR. IT SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR (TOP SECRET CLEARANCE)
• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• 4+ years of experience in IT systems administration.
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance
• Must be comfortable working with mission critical and sensitive systems, with a sense of urgency appropriate to the responsibilities.
• Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions.

Conditions

• Experience with Windows servers in physical and virtualized enterprise level environments.
• Willing to work after-hour on-call rotations, extended hours, and weekends when needed.
• Must be willing to do some travel domestically (<10%) in the future as needed.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.

Main duties

• Work closely with other SpaceX IT administrators and engineers to gather requirements, research, evaluate, design, plan, deploy, and support enterprise softw…
• Take lessons learned and technology standards from the SpaceX Enterprise and apply them in smaller air-gapped environments.
• Exercise a high degree of responsibility for the processes, systems, and tools you create and manage; all supporting the goal of making humanity an interplan…
• Make recommendations, justify, 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 and proactive manner by interacting with internal busin…

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for it and help desk jobs in Washington, DC: $166k a year (41 listings, 21 employers). This listing is 26% lower.
• Across SpaceX's 2,896 open listings, 59% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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