Principal Windows System Administrator

Date Posted:
2025-07-14
Country:
United States of America
Location:
CA222: 2006 E El Segundo Blvd BldgE04 2006 East El Segundo Boulevard Building E04, El Segundo, CA, 90245 USA
Position Role Type:
Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Security Clearance:
DoD Clearance: Secret

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling - to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring 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. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world.

What You Will Do:

• Implement and maintain a Windows Enterprise environment including system administration, Exchange, networking, performance monitoring/tuning, security hardening, and troubleshooting.
• Employ disaster recovery and business continuity standards and practices, including working knowledge to backup data, restore systems, and troubleshoot.
• Conduct short-term and long-term capacity planning to address network growth, technology modernization, and service availability.
• Monitor security infrastructure and mitigate threats with enterprise security platforms (e.g. Ivanti, Symantec, Splunk, Tenable Nessus).
• Automation via scripting.
• Partner with application/project/security teams/vendors, and other stakeholders to plan, design, and implement new IT infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain IT 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 with Window Servers, Active Directory and Group Policy
• 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:

• Experience implementing and enforcing information security compliance standards and policies
• Experience administering Active Directory, Exchange, WSUS, Server Virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware), Group Policy, Backup and Recovery
• Experience managing large Storage environments (HPE MSA, NetApp)
• Experience with Ivanti, Symantec, Splunk, Tenable and Nessus products
• Systems deployment, administration, performance tuning, and monitoring
• Multi-server and multi-tenant architecture
• Experience with datacenter concepts, data storage, NAS, and SAN technologies and solutions
• Experience with Network and infrastructure services such as domain controllers, global catalogs, DNS, and DHCP.
• Experience working with platform Engineers on contract deliverables.
• Experience with NISPOM, JAFAN, JSIG, DFARS and/or DoD/RMF.
• Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 8140 / 8570 Certification requirements (CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent certification and an Operating System Certification).

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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The salary range for this role is 90,000 USD - 182,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function 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.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

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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