Principal Systems Engineer (VDI)

Date Posted:
2023-09-06
Country:
United States of America
Location:
RVA99: RTN Remote, Virginia
Position Role Type:
Remote
Raytheon is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to assess architectures and requirements, to develop derived requirements and systems engineering artifacts, and to guide Agile scrum teams in the development of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Responsibilities Include:

• Providing Systems Engineering expertise and leadership in support of a large cybersecurity system
• Collaborating within Agile Scrum teams as a key contributor
• Experience with creating, updating, and maintaining master VDI images for multiple desktop pools. Experience or familiarity with performing system updates and patches via various methods to include SCCM, Altiris, and etc.
• Experience with working closely with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI: particularly VMware Horizon stack), and in-dept understanding of the components that comprise a VDI environment to include VMware Cloud Foundation, Software Defined Data Center (SDDC), Dynamic Environment Manager (DEM), Application Virtualization (AppVol), and etc.
• Experience with and have the ability to perform routine evaluation of VDI systems for improvement opportunities and make recommendation for enhancement
• Experience with Cloud Technologies and VMC GovCloud. Have an in-depth understanding of how the VDI system interacts with and is dependent on other core IT infrastructure and systems
• Supporting the operations and maintenance aspects of deployed capabilities including troubleshooting complex issues requiring escalated support, serve as a technical subject matter expert

Required Skills:

• Must be a US Citizen
• Active Secret (S) clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance
• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability (EOD)
• Must have a minimum of 3 years of related experience administrating a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
• 8+ years of directly relevant and hands-on Windows or LINUX systems administration experience
• Must have in-depth knowledge of OS installations, security hardening and maintenance
• Comfortable with building physical and virtual servers from scratch
• Ability to deploy and integrate new applications that may be requested
• Experience with administration and management of servers to include installation, configuration, optimization, backup & recovery
• Experience with performance tuning & troubleshooting, identifying, and resolving contention in CPU, memory, networking, disk I/O, etc.
• Maintain the security compliance and configuration management of the VDI system

Desired Skills:

• Experience working in an agile DSO development environment
• Experience with physical and virtual (VMware) RHEL servers including Red Hat Satellite Servers
• Experience with automation via scripting
• Experience with Active Directory, DFS, DNS, DHCP and Group Policy Management
• Experience working in AWS/Azure via the CLI and management console. Knowledge and experience configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education

Desired Certifications:

• DoD 8570.1 IAT Level II
• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)

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The salary range for this role is 94,000 USD - 196,000 USD; however, RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, 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. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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