It seems pretty clear to me that the nations that are combined into the Lunar Empire have a good deal of autonomy in internal affairs. So the top rank available to a non-Lunar (in principle) is just short of Satrap (where, IIRC, membership of Moonson Imperator goes with the position), And the lower the rank the closer to the traditional pre-Lunar ways I would expect things to be.
The Lunar influence and historical events (like the Seleric Empire) are likely to have made some changes, so I wouldn't expect everything to be exactly the same as it was before the Empire.
Empire-wide positions or those that involve coordinating different peoples are, in my view, ones where it is most likely that Lunar citizens will be found. In the army for instance, if you want to stick in a native regiment all your life you might do well without joining a Lunar cult (although it would probably help get to the upper ranks). If you want to rise above that, membership of a Lunar cult becomes very important.
-- -- "The T'ang emperors were strong believers in the pills of immortality. More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala Guide to Taoism_ Paul K.
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