Linux Systems Administrator (Hybrid)

Date Posted:

2023-11-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

FL807: 640 Roberts Ave, Pensacola FL 640 Roberts Avenue Corry Station, Pensacola, FL, 32511 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

Raytheon is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment, including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.  RTX is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities. 

The Systems Administrator applies expert knowledge in Linux/Unix environments for infrastructure support to an advanced cybersecurity environment. Works with a team of highly skilled administrators to provide senior level administrative expertise for an RHEL environment.  Mentors junior system administrators and recommends design changes to improve the system operability.

Required Skills:

Must be a US Citizen

Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability

4+ years of system administration in Linux, ideally Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 or 8 (RHEL7 / RHEL8) with the ability to engineer, install, administer and maintain complex system architectures

Experience with Linux OS installation, security hardening, and maintenance

Experience with administration and management of Linux servers to include installation, configuration, optimization, backup & recovery

Experience with Linux performance tuning & troubleshooting, identifying and resolving contention in CPU, memory, networking, disk I/O, etc

Skilled in Linux-related scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, etc.)

Experience with products such as Red Hat Satellite Server, Puppet, Chef and/or Ansible

Ability to manage changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes

Integration & implementation experience with various services, LDAP, Samba, NFS, Bind, Apache, and other core technologies

Familiarity with configuration management

Strong research, analytical, and problem solving skills

Good communication skills including preparing and presenting results, findings and alternatives and influencing management decision making based on the best available data

Desired Skills:

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible or other comparable products

Experience working in an agile development environment

Experience with software development using java, RESTful services

Comfortable with multilevel security systems, SELinux, and/or Cross Domain Solutions

Experience with data orchestration software such as Apache NiFi or StreamSets

Experience with distributed compute environments such as Hadoop

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform capabilities, including good understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Framework, AWS certification

Experience working in AWS via the CLI and management console. Knowledge and experience configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)

Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments

Familiarity with the following technologies in a cloud environment: ELK Stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana), Ansible, Nessus, Zscaler, ClamAV, AIDE, Splunk, DNS, NAT, git, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Jenkins

Required Education: 

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science,, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Systems Engineering or a related discipline is required.[Four (4) years of experience (for a total of eight (8) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]

Desired Certifications:

DoD 8570.1 IAT Level I

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Syndeo # 3219

Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises four industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

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