Weekend Daytime System Administrator

RTX•Springfield, VA

2d•$86,800 - $165,200•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon seeks an on-site System Administrator for an Operations and Sustainment team supporting a high-visibility, mission-critical government system. The role sustains and maintains a VM-based data system supporting day-to-day and contingency operations. The architecturally complex, multi-networked system serves many users and requires timely troubleshooting, active workflow management, and restoration operations as needed. The system supports 24x7x365 operations of the ASP side, with detailed assistance to the ISP part of the system. The selected candidate will work at a customer facility in Springfield, Virginia, and coordinate with a team in St. Louis, Missouri. The schedule is 6 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, plus two eight-hour daytime shifts during the week.

Requirements

Typically, a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 2 years of experience.
Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance required before starting; U.S. citizenship is required. The posting specifies current TS/SCI with Poly and an active, existing clearance on day one.
Security+ certification.
System administration experience across Linux systems.
Experience in the Intelligence Community (IC).
Experience working with dislocated or geographically separated operations.
Experience with LDAP, NFS, TCP/IP, Splunk, Grafana, and NIS/NIS+.
Experience issuing and managing PKI certifications.
Experience with SQL, C++, and Java.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work in an operational environment with attention to detail.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux certification: RHCT or RHSA.
Security+ DoD 8570 certification or higher.
Good communication and organizational skills.
Ability to contribute to technical documentation.
Comfort performing duties collocated with the customer and other operations center residents.
Proven strong customer support.

Responsibilities

Ensure maximum system availability.
Follow engineering instructions to conduct system updates and upgrades in coordination with the ISP and support factory.
Perform system administration functions.
Conduct VM-based services to ensure system operation.
Support development and modification of technical documentation.
Complete and track lessons learned and metrics.