Principal System Administrator

RTX • Aurora, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. This Principal System Adminsitror is based in Richardson, Texas or Aurora, Colorado and will have the following responsibilities: What You Will Do: You will be supporting a Raytheon program in a classified environment as a System Administrator. Responsibilities include the monitoring and support of systems that are operational 24x7 and which occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours. You will perform routine and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, accurately document issues in logging and discrepancy reporting tools, support system engineering groups as needed for ongoing analysis and integration efforts, design/implement updates to satisfy requirements flowed down from engineering, and upgrade existing COTS products to targeted baselines. This position serves as a help desk team member in a customer-facing environment, so the ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with other teams and with the customer is of utmost importance, as you will be expected to maintain our excellent reputation 100% on site.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years or prior relevant experience or a master’s degree and 3 years of experience
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI with poly security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance by start date)
• Must have an active DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (or higher) on start date. IAT Level 2 requires one or more of the following Professional Certifications: Security+ CE, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, CND( By start date)
• Must have experince with OS experience in UNIX, specifically Linux RedHat, and Windows
• Experience with virtual/cloud computing technologies such as Citrix, VMware, and/or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience with storage products from Oracle, Dell/EMC (e.g., Isilon/PowerScale), and/or NetApp
• Experience with Kubernetes and/or containerization technologies

Nice To Haves

• The ability to work effectively with frequent and direct customer interaction in a real-time operational environment
• The ability to work under pressure in restoring high priority systems back to operations
• Ability to navigate, debug, and modify programs in an advanced programming language
• Ansible experience
• Experience presenting technical information to customers, clients, and/or internal audiences
• Working knowledge of thin-client technologies

Responsibilities

• You will be supporting a Raytheon program in a classified environment as a System Administrator.
• Responsibilities include the monitoring and support of systems that are operational 24x7 and which occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours.
• You will perform routine and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, accurately document issues in logging and discrepancy reporting tools, support system engineering groups as needed for ongoing analysis and integration efforts, design/implement updates to satisfy requirements flowed down from engineering, and upgrade existing COTS products to targeted baselines.
• This position serves as a help desk team member in a customer-facing environment, so the ability to communicate effectively and respectfully with other teams and with the customer is of utmost importance, as you will be expected to maintain our excellent reputation 100% on site.

Benefits

• Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration and Innovation
• We offer relocation
• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees