Principal Windows System Administrator
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- U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
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- At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.
- Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedom and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.
What You Will Do:
- Manage Windows Enterprise environments including system management, performance monitoring, process automation, security hardening, and technical troubleshooting.
- Maintain compliance standards, monitor security systems, and proactively respond to threats using enterprise security tools such as Ivanti, Splunk, Tenable, and SEP.
- Apply Business Continuity principles, including working knowledge of enterprise backup hardware and software platforms, data backups and system recovery.
- Collaborate with program management, application, security, vendor, and executive stakeholders to plan, design, and implement new IT infrastructure solutions.
- Conduct short-term and long-term capacity planning for technology modernization.
- Plan and execute small to medium sized projects.
- Create, update, and maintain IT documents and technical artifacts.
- Qualifications You Must Have:
- Typically requires a University degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
- Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
- Experience administering one or more of the following: Active Directory, Exchange, WSUS, Server Virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware), Group Policy, or backup and Recovery.
- 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.
- Qualifications We Prefer:
- Implementing and enforcing information security compliance standards and policies.
- Experience managing large Storage environments (HPE MSA or NetApp).
- Experience with Ivanti, Symantec, Splunk, Tenable and Nessus products.
- Experience working with NISPOM, DFARS, JSIG, RMF, handling classified information, and working with compliance teams.
- Experience managing core network and infrastructure like domain controllers, global catalogs, DNS, and DHCP.
- Experience in patch management, vulnerability remediation, operating system upgrades, computer security, system monitoring and logging.
- Managing environments with multi-server, multi-tenant, and large storage footprints.
- Experience working with geographically dispersed teams.
- Experience using VMWare vCenter, vSphere, ESXi, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and Microsoft Hypervisor.
- Automation and task orchestration through scripting and off-the-shelf tools experience.
- What We Offer:
- Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
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- As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
- RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
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About RTX
RTX is a global aerospace and defense company that develops advanced technologies and systems for commercial, military, and government customers through its three business units: Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.
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