Senior Infrastructure Administrator, Impulse Space
$105-140k
Office located in Redondo Beach, CA
In-space mobility company
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In-space mobility company
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$105-140k
Office located in Redondo Beach, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To accelerate humanity's future in space through efficient transportation anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years experience administering enterprise infrastructure environments
- Experience working with Windows Server administration
- Demonstrated administrative proficiency with Linux systems
- Experience operating virtualization platforms in production environments
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex multi-system issues
- Experience automating administrative workflows using scripting
- Strong understanding of infrastructure dependencies and service architecture
Desirable
- Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, or lab infrastructure
- Exposure to hybrid cloud deployments and identity integration
- Experience with enterprise storage and backup systems
- Familiarity with infrastructure monitoring and observability platforms
- Experience operating within regulated or compliance-driven environments
What the job involves
- As a Senior Infrastructure Administrator at Impulse, you will be responsible for the operational ownership, stability, and continuous improvement of core infrastructure platforms supporting engineering, manufacturing, and corporate environments
- This role serves as the senior operational resource within the systems team, responsible for maintaining reliability of production infrastructure while driving automation, standardization, and operational maturity
- This position bridges daily infrastructure operations and systems engineering by leading complex troubleshooting efforts, executing advanced deployments, and improving platform resilience across hybrid datacenter and cloud environments
- Platform Ownership & Operations
- Own day-to-day operation and reliability of assigned infrastructure platforms
- Administer enterprise server environments across on-premises datacenters and cloud platforms
- Maintain Windows and Linux systems supporting engineering and business workloads
- Lead response and resolution efforts for complex infrastructure incidents
- Perform advanced troubleshooting across compute, identity, storage, and dependent services
- Ensure systems maintain high availability and predictable performance
- Advanced Infrastructure Administration
- Lead lifecycle management including upgrades, migrations, and platform modernization
- Implement infrastructure changes aligned with engineering standards
- Support expansion of datacenter and lab infrastructure environments
- Validate system performance and operational readiness following deployments
- Maintain configuration consistency across environments
- Automation & Operational Improvement
- Develop and maintain automation to reduce manual operational work
- Improve system provisioning and maintenance workflows
- Identify recurring operational pain points and implement long-term solutions
- Contribute to infrastructure standardization initiatives
- Automation and repeatability are expected competencies at this level
- Incident Leadership & Reliability
- Act as primary escalation point for infrastructure incidents
- Coordinate cross-team troubleshooting with network and security engineering
- Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective improvements
- Drive preventative maintenance and reliability enhancements
- Security & Compliance Alignment
- Maintain infrastructure in accordance with cybersecurity and regulatory requirements
- Implement secure configuration baselines and access control standards
- Support audit activities and technical validation efforts
- Ensure infrastructure handling aligns with controlled data and export requirements
- Documentation & Technical Leadership
- Maintain accurate architectural and operational documentation
- Develop and refine operational runbooks and standards
- Mentor junior administrators and provide technical guidance
- Promote operational discipline and consistent engineering practices
- Technology Environment (Representative)
- Infrastructure environments supported by this role include technologies such as:
- Microsoft Windows Server
- Linux server administration
- VMware vSphere or equivalent enterprise virtualization
- Microsoft Azure and Entra ID
- Active Directory and Group Policy
- Microsoft Intune or modern endpoint management platforms
- NetApp storage systems
- Enterprise backup platforms (e.g., Veeam or equivalent)
- PowerShell scripting and automation
- Hybrid datacenter and cloud infrastructure supporting engineering and operational environments
- Strong platform understanding and troubleshooting depth are prioritized over single-product specialization
- Participation in on-call rotation with escalation responsibilities
- Ability to support operational events requiring rapid response
- Work performed within datacenter, lab, and production environments as required
- Collaboration with Systems Engineers on infrastructure improvements and deployments
Our take
Impulse Space is developing a line of orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) that enhance satellite manoeuvrability in space. The company offers products like Mira, for last-mile satellite deliveries and Helios, which can move spacecraft from low Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit in under 24 hours.
Recognizing the strategic value of manoeuvrable spacecraft, the US Space Force awarded Impulse a $34.5M contract for two missions set for 2026. These missions, Victus Surgo and Victus Salo, will demonstrate in-space operations and enhance space domain awareness, showcasing the Space Force's focus on quickly responding to threats in a congested space environment.
Alongside this, the company secured substantial funding that will allow it to expand its operations and advance its OTV technology. With a proven track record of successful missions and strategic partnerships with the Department of Defense, Impulse is well-positioned to lead in the growing market for responsive satellite services.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2025
$300m
SERIES C
Oct 2024
$150m
SERIES B
Total funding: $585m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision: Enjoy the best medical, dental and optical coverage money can buy. We've got you and your family covered for all eventualities
- Company Ownership: You’ll be contributing to Impulse's success, so you deserve to share in it. All full-time employees receive a meaningful equity allocation
- Flexible PTO Policy: We believe in work-life harmony more so than "balance". When you are happy & fulfilled outside of work, you will be more productive when you're in it. We offer generous PTO accrual to our full-time employees
Company HQ
South Redondo, Redondo Beach, CA
Leadership
Thomas Mueller
(Founder, CEO & CTO)Prior to founding Impulse Space in 2021, they spent almost 2 decades at SpaceX, initially as a VP of Propulsion Engineering before becoming the Propulsion CTO.
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