Principal Systems Administrator (Linux/VMware/AWS

Company: Raytheon Technologies
Location: Sterling
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Job Description:

Raytheon Technologies is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment, including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats. RTX is seeking a Sr. Systems Administrator to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities. Responsibilities Include: - Working alone on individual projects while being involved in larger projects as a team effort with minimal supervision from the lead systems engineer - Leading a team in design and implementation of COTS-based solutions on single instances or across clustered devices - Supporting the development of system security documentation on both new and deployed solutions - Supporting the development of new capabilities - Supporting the operations and maintenance aspects of deployed capabilities Required Skills: - Must be a US Citizen - Active Top Secret (TS) clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance - Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability - 8+ years of directly relevant systems administration experience including hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Linux preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or 7, or VMware - Must have in-depth knowledge of OS installations, security hardening and maintenance - Strong experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform capabilities, including good understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Framework - Experience working in AWS via the CLI and management console - Solid experience with Microsoft's Azure cloud services - Solid experience configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) - Comfortable with building physical and virtual servers from scratch - Ability to deploy and integrate new applications that may be requested - Capable of quickly learning new applications that run on various operating systems for testing and deployment - Experience with administration and management of servers to include installation, configuration, optimization, backup & recovery - Experience with performance tuning & troubleshooting, identifying and resolving contention in CPU, memory, networking, disk I/O, etc. - Experience with the fundamentals of scripting languages for automation tasks and deployments (e.g. Bash Shell, Python & Kickstart technologies) - Integration & implementation experience with various services, LDAP, Samba, NFS, Bind, Apache, and other core technologies - Familiarity of configuration management - Experience with Puppet, Chef or Ansible Desired Skills: - Experience working in an agile development environment - Experience with software development using JAVA, RESTful services is a plus - Comfortable with multilevel security systems, SELinux, and/or Cross Domain Solutions is a plus - Experience with physical and virtual (VMware) RHEL servers including Red Hat Satellite Servers - Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments - Experience with technical implementation projects Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education. Desired Certifications: - DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II) - AWS certifications Employee Referral Award Eligibility: Only employees currently within RMD and RI have the potential to receive a Referral Award for submitting a referral to RMD and RI roles. ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the Referral Awarding. This position is eligible for a Sign On Bonus dependent on the candidates skill.This position is eligible for Relocation.Sterling, VA or Dulles, VADOMinoRIS#RISCyber#RISCPS#RISDOMinoRaytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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