Lead Systems Administrator - Linux; Big Data​/AI​/OpenShift

Lead Systems Administrator - Linux (Big Data/AI/Open Shift) at Kansas City National Security Campus

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address critical challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, productivity, global urbanization and energy. With approximately 100,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, Honeywell has an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything they make and do. Honeywell has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator for seven years in a row, recognizing the company’s global reach of portfolio and invention influence.

In Kansas City, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) manages and operates the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus. This state‑of‑the‑art engineering, manufacturing and sourcing facility produces a wide array of intricate components to deliver trusted national security products and government services primarily for the NNSA. Honeywell FM&T’s culture of integrity, commitment, and continuous improvement enables them to deliver responsive, collaborative and innovative management and technology services and products that translate into cutting‑edge solutions to complex national security issues.

The Lead Systems Administrator performs and oversees a variety of key functions to ensure IT infrastructure is available, reliable, secure, and stable. The role applies advanced judgment and analysis in the evaluation, selection, installation, and maintenance of hardware systems that are highly visible and critical to the business. This position will serve as the technical lead to projects that are large and/or complex, working closely with project leads and the IT architects.

The Lead Systems Administrator will provide mentorship to new team members, as well as technical guidance to the rest of the team through documentation and continual training. Primary duties revolve around applying existing Linux skills with the willingness to learn, manage and support all aspects of our big‑data environments.

• Expertise in infrastructure design, configuration, installation, security and ongoing support.
• Lead the installation and configuration of software updates and deploy application code releases to production and non‑production environments.
• Accountable for installing, configuring, and maintaining high availability of the environment.
• Lead performance and capacity planning; provide recommendations to management to sustain forecast business growth needs.
• Lead the team to develop and communicate a technical vision that is easily understood by all levels of management.
• Implement and maintain disaster recovery methodologies and create documentation that follows industry best practices.
• Proactively identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with vendors to ensure that supporting operating systems are compliant with applications, including required patch levels, hot fixes, and revisions.

• 7+ years of systems administration experience, of which a minimum of 3 years at a senior level in a larger scale or enterprise environment.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Ability to work remote, hybrid, or on‑site as directed by management and is determined by the needs of the business.
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this job.
• United States Citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance (if required for the position).

• Experience with cyber security design requirements, including resolving complex security issues by developing and implementing innovative technical solutions.
• Advanced knowledge of specific operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise), servers, peripheral devices, and workstations.
• High proficiency in scripting, programming, and automation tools (Puppet, Python, Ansible) to support database, web, and application administration.
• Experience with installation, configuration, and…