Sr. Principal Backup and Storage System Administrator

RTX•Plano, TX

2d•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. 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 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. This Sr. Principal Backup and Storage System Administrators based in Plano, TX will collaborate with many teams to 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

Typically, bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience or advanced degree and 5 years of direct experience
Must have active and transferable clearance level required U.S. government issued top security clearance is required prior to start date with the ability to obtain program access after start.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
Must have Linux experience and Windows Experience with NFS, CIFS/SMB, iSCSI, and Fiber Channel protocols.
Experience with data RAID, data backup uses and technologies.
Must have experience in one of the following: VMware vCenter, vSphere, VDI (Horizon), ESX and/or other virtual computing methods.
Scripting experience
Experience with developing documentation and communicate technical processes.

Nice To Haves

Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 8140 / 8570 Certification requirements (CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent certification and an Operating System Certification).
Experience with Containerization Technologies such as OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Tanzu, and Rancher.
Experience with Continuous Integration\Continuous Delivery Tools such as Gitlab, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.
Experience with NISPOM, JAFAN, JSIG, DFARS and/or DoD/RMF.
In-depth working experience with Windows Server.
Experience with Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions – Centrify.
Experience with data storage, NAS, and SAN technologies and solutions.
Experience with using Information Technology project lifecycle management processes.
Experience using VMWare vCenter, vSphere, and ESX and/or other virtual computing methods.
Experience supporting engineers in software, simulations, and hardware development.
Experience with Commvault, Veeam, or NetBackup.
High Performance Computing (HPC) experience in a Linux environment.

Responsibilities

Provide IT systems administration in a heterogeneous Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.
Linux Server management to include installation, configuration, and maintenance.
Windows Server management fundamentals to include DNS, DHCP, AD, and server replication methods.
Design, build, configure, install, monitor, and support the scalable physical and virtual backup environment.
Manage backup operations to include scheduling and monitoring jobs, troubleshooting failures, and monitoring completion and storage capacity.
Develop and test disaster recovery plan to include data restoration, system recovery, and business continuity.
Design, implement, and maintain storage systems to ensure data integrity, availability, and optimal performance.
Perform capacity planning and performance monitoring and tuning.
Provide advanced support on L3/L4 tickets and troubleshoot technical issues reported by users.
Administer and optimize virtualization platforms.
Provide technical guidance on implementation, integrations, and upgrade initiatives
Use troubleshooting techniques to resolve technical problems of a moderate to high scope and complexity to include the integration of hardware and operating systems (OS).
Develop and implement data backup and recovery strategies to ensure business continuity.
Work with Cybersecurity professionals to maintain security requirements and provide documentation and training on advanced IT processes and procedures and other tasks as assigned.
Must be able to obtain Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 8140 / 8570 Certification requirements (CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent certification) within 6 months of start date.
Develop and maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, procedures, and best practices.
Systems are operational 24x7 and occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours.
Travel is required to other US Domestic locations as business needs dictate up to 10% travel.