Sr. Principal Systems Architect (ONSITE)

RTX • San Jose, CA

98d • $137,000 - $275,000

About The Position

At Applied Signal Technology, 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Architect who strives for excellence and has a passion to be part of a team that strengthens our nation and improves the security of our world. AST provides trusted strategic and tactical SIGINT solutions that secure the interests of the U.S. and its partners. AST’s work in areas such as high-capacity broadband communications, signal processing and analysis, tactical SIGINT, and wireless communications continually challenges our extraordinary engineers to resolve problems and make the world a safer place. AST’s work environment is passionate, highly collaborative and provides employees the freedom to strengthen and expand their skills, explore new and creative ideas, and work closely with our nation’s finest service members all while embracing integrity, innovation, and work-life balance.

Requirements

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Ability to demonstrate administration of RHEL 7/8/9, including systemd, firewalld, and SELinux.
• Ability to demonstrate administration of Netapp enterprise storage.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.
• Experience with automation tools such as Ansible.
• Experience with CIS/STIG benchmarks and DoD security standards.
• Linux OS Certificate (RHCSA / LPIC).
• Experience with Splunk/Zabbix.
• Experience with High Performance Computing (HPC) Environments.
• Experience with NetApp / OnTap tools.
• Experience with Enterprise Active Directory (AD) & LDAP.
• Experience dealing with Managed Anti-Virus (AV) solutions (ClamAV & SEM).
• Scripting Experience (Bash, Python, Ansible) and Kickstart.
• Experience hardening systems using tools like SCAP and following STIGs.
• Experience supporting engineers in software, simulations, and hardware development.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, document, and implement a robust Cybersecurity mitigation strategy by ensuring Linux IT resources are patched and hardened in accordance with NIST-800-171 guidelines.
• Collaborate with Cyber teams to maintain and monitor system availability, performance, and logs using enterprise tools.
• Leverage industry standards to build out automation workflows.
• Champion processes regarding hardware and software issues across physical and virtualized environments (VMWare).
• Work closely with operations, supply chain and legal teams to support mission objectives.
• Support audit readiness activities and respond to security vulnerability findings.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior system administrators.
• Leverage ticketing system to resolve incidents submitted by end users.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Student Loan Repayment Program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection.
• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits.
• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning.
• Adoption Assistance.
• Autism Benefit.
• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program.
• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits.
• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services.
• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program.
• Eligible for relocation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees