Principal Linux Systems Administrator; onsite

Location: US-MA-ANDOVER-AN1 ~ 350 Lowell St ~ AN1 ESSEX BLDG.

Date Posted: .

Country: United States of America.

Position Role Type: Onsite.

U.S. Citizenship & Clearance: Active and transferable U.S. Secret Clearance required; U.S. citizenship required.

Security Clearance Type: Secret - Current.

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing on day 1.

• Manage and optimize the server infrastructure in a heterogeneous information system.
• Provide IT systems administration in a heterogeneous Microsoft Windows and Red Hard Enterprise Linux environment.
• Lead a team of System Administrators to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of IT systems and applications within their assigned section.
• Provide leadership to support a varied range of administrative tasking, including corrective/preventive maintenance, recurring operations functions, account management, and system optimization.
• Guide administrators whose duties may include setting up administrator and service accounts, maintaining system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system-wide software and allocating mass storage space.
• Work with Cybersecurity professionals to maintain security requirements and provide documentation and training on advanced IT processes and procedures and other tasks as assigned.
• Participate in Change Request reviews, including participation in Change Management boards at multiple program levels.
• Coordinate technical and process document reviews and resolve system administration, engineering, and integration issues.
• Lead and participate in technical meetings with team members and other program personnel, representing the organization in functional area matters.
• 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.
• Systems are operational 24x7 and occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours.
• Travel is required to other U.S. Domestic locations as business needs dictate. Up to 10% per year.
• Other tasks as assigned.

• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field with a minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• An active and transferable U.S. Secret Clearance is required; U.S. citizenship is required.
• Experience as a Linux System Administrator.
• Experience with at least two of the following technologies: VMware, Kubernetes, Open Shift, Podman, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Ansible), Windows administration.

• Experience in patch management, OS upgrades, computer security, system monitoring and logging.
• Experience with Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems.
• Experience with Net App and Veeam.
• Experience with requirements gathering, planning, and managing deployment, installation, maintenance and upgrade efforts across multiple geographic sites.
• Experience managing IT services and support in a 24/7 real-time operational environment.
• Experience with Linux/Windows scripting.

• Salary range: $107,500 – $204,500 USD.
• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and 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.
• Relocation assistance available, provided the final candidate meets eligibility requirements.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.