Principal Windows System Administrator

RTX • Marlborough, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. Empowering a global business. Providing affordable solutions. Delivering competitive discriminators by unleashing deep expertise. These are just some of the many ways the Digital Technology team at Raytheon Technologies creates success for our customers. Joining our team will allow you to collaborate with Raytheon organizations to enable business growth, speed, and agility through business innovation, technical proficiency, and operational excellence. Our Digital Technology (DT) organization ensures that RTX teams across the globe can communicate, collaborate, and innovate for customer success. As a Raytheon Digital Technology Program Digital Services (PDS) Principal Windows System Administrator, you will collaborate and partner with many cross-sections of Digital, Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Program Leadership partners, in support of the Land & Air Defense Systems (LADS) Strategic Business Unit. Principal Windows System Administrator based in Marlborough, MA, internally known as Principal Analyst, Information Workplace Services collaborate and support exciting, critical programs with classified information system capabilities. Success in this role means you can develop, implement, and maintain secure, cost-efficient environments across various classified programs. Program teams rely on your collaboration and guidance to define computing requirements and create end-to-end solutions to solve complex IT infrastructure problems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Must have active and transferrable final U.S. government issued secret security clearance is required prior to start date.
• US citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Experience in the design, implementation, and administration of Microsoft Windows and Active Directory environments
• Experience with performing backup, recovery, and experience with Windows systems and networking.
• Experience with securing system configuration and troubleshooting Windows system

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in implementing security and compliance controls aligned with industry regulations, internal policies, and high‑security frameworks (NISPOM, JAFAN, JSIG, DFARS, DoD/RMF).
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and organizational capabilities, with advanced technical writing skills for creating comprehensive documentation and knowledge bases.
• Extensive experience administering Microsoft enterprise technologies including ADDS, WSUS, MECM/SCCM, MDT, PXE, PKI, Kerberos, IIS, SQL, Skype, and Exchange.
• Skilled in integrating Windows and Linux environments using Centrify, Samba, SSSD, and NIS.
• Optimizing application and user settings
• Proficient with virtualization and VDI platforms such as VMware vCenter, vSphere, Horizon, ESXi, and related virtual compute technologies.
• Experienced with compliance, vulnerability assessment, auditing, and monitoring tools including ACAS, Splunk, Nessus, SCAP, STIG, Ivanti, Nagios, and SolarWinds.
• Strong scripting and automation proficiency using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Perl, C, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, GitLab, and GitLab Runner.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and experience supporting engineering teams in software, simulation, and hardware development environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Windows System Administrator with deep expertise in Microsoft Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2019/2022, Active Directory Domain Services, Group Policy, Skype, Exchange, MECM, PowerShell, and related Windows enterprise technologies within a largescale, 24x7x365 environment.
• Build, harden, and sustain secure and reliable Windows servers, desktop, and virtual infrastructures while ensuring adherence to DFARS, RMF, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Collaborate across Digital Technology, program teams, and cross‑functional engineering groups to deliver cost‑effective, best‑practice hardware and software solutions and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.
• Ensure reliability and high performance through proactive monitoring, system optimization, and infrastructure management, maintaining a strong understanding of Windows performance requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical and operational documentation to continually enhance Windows services and capabilities.
• Lead performance tuning, patching, lifecycle management, licensing oversight, and hardware/software refresh activities to ensure ongoing system health and compliance.
• Respond to and resolve service and support requests with clear documentation and outstanding customer service.
• Troubleshoot complex Windows platform issues, conduct root‑cause analysis, and support planned and unplanned maintenance activities outside standard work hours as required to maintain system availability and stability.
• Must obtain DoDD 8140/8570 baseline certification (CompTIA Security+ or equivalent) within 6 months of start date.

Benefits

• 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.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• 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.
• Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

What This Job Offers

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