{"id":1127135,"url":"https://alion.io/job/loft-orbital-solutions-it-administrator","title":"IT Administrator","company":{"id":4539,"name":"Loft Orbital Solutions","domain":"loftorbital.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/loft-orbital-solutions","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":87,"open_postings":13,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.308,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":88,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Golden, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":110000,"max":140000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":140000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"Google Workspace","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Okta","optional":false},{"name":"Service Desk","optional":false},{"name":"Slack","optional":false},{"name":"VPN","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false},{"name":"Confluence","optional":true},{"name":"Jira","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T20:57:01Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T11:17:45Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Wanna join the adventure?\nLoft Orbital’s mission is to make space simple for organizations, and Loft IT’s mission is to make work simple for employees. Our Golden office is growing, and we’re looking for an IT Administrator to join our international IT team. You’ll be the go-to person on the ground for our two Colorado sites, while contributing to IT activities across all of our offices worldwide.\nYou’ll focus most of your time on end-user support in office, with a path to owning our global IT service desk within your first six months. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about technology, has a customer-centric personality, and can translate technical problems into plain English. This is not an entry-level position, and there’s plenty of room for mentorship to help you grow your technical chops!\nAbout the Role:\nYour time will be split across four main areas: Operational Support, Onboarding & Application Administration, Documentation, and AV support.\nOperational Support (50%): The IT program at Loft is designed to empower our users to do their best work.\nServe as the first point of contact for Colorado-based support issues; assist colleagues with computer questions, hardware upgrades, application permissions, printers, etc.\nPick up, support, and close support tickets in our IT service desk, escalating out of scope tickets when needed\nSupport clean room and lab operations (network setup, environmental controls, specialized hardware)\nHelp colleagues with the procurement of new software tools and IT equipment\nSupport the IT team during investigatory and regulatory audits\nOnboarding & Application Administration (25%): Keep Loft running smoothly.\nWork with our People Team to run employee onboarding across all offices, and be the on-site IT contact for all Golden new hires\nProvision Mac, Windows, and Linux laptops for new employees via our MDM tooling (Fleet)\nCreate and manage permissions for end-user SaaS accounts (Okta, Google Workspace, O365, Slack, Atlassian, etc.)\nDocumentation (15%): At Loft, documentation is as important as completing the task.\nDocument new and existing projects / systems\nWith direction from IT leadership, maintain and update IT’s internal doc repos (how-tos, IT policy, etc.)\nFacilities Care (10%): Join the team in charge of taking care of our Colorado offices.\nProvide assistance and perform break/fix work for AV conference rooms\nAssist in network upgrades / expansion efforts\nMust Haves:\n3+ years of hands on IT support experience following industry best practices\nStrong end-user support skills and a customer-service mindset, with the ability to translate technical issues into plain language\nAttention to detail and experience running onboarding procedures\nExperience with internal corporate networking (DNS, VPN, VLANs)\nExperience administering SaaS environments and SSO technologies (Okta, Google Workspace, O365)\nBased in (or able to relocate to) the Golden, CO area; this is an on site role\nNice to Haves:\nExperience with Okta administration\nKnowledge of Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence), especially Jira administration\nExperience automating repetitive tasks with AI tools\nExperience using or supporting Linux as a desktop operating system\nWorking knowledge of industry security practices\nSome of Our Awesome Benefits:\n100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents\nFlexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts offered with an employer contribution to the HSA\n100% employer paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance\nFlexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, and 12 paid holidays\n401(k) plan and equity options\nDaily catered lunches and snacks in office\nInternational exposure to our team in France\nFully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parent and 10 weeks for non-birthing parent\nCarrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support\nOff-sites and many social events and celebrations\nRelocation assistance when applicable","description_format":"text","description_chars":4073,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Flexible time off","Parental leave","Relocation assistance","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":true,"industries":["Space & Aerospace"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-22T22:17:35Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":88,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":140000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/loft-orbital-solutions-it-administrator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/loft-orbital-solutions-it-administrator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T13:09:59Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}