Sr Systems Administrator Cloud (Cloud/LINUX)

Date Posted:

2024-09-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA543: 22270 Pacific Blvd, Dulles 22270 Pacific Boulevard Building CC5, Sterling, VA, 20166-6924 USA

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

You have been redirected to RTX’s career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth. As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you’ll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

NightWing 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.  NightWing Cyber Protection Solutions (CPS) is seeking a Sr. Prin. Systems Administrator to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities. 

Responsibilities Include:

- Working alone on individual projects while being involved in larger projects as a team effort with minimal supervision from the lead systems engineer.

- Supporting the design and implementation of COTS-based solutions on single instances or across clustered devices.

- Supporting the development of system security documentation on both new and deployed solutions for Linux OS DISA STIG.

-Serves as a member of an Agile/ DevOps (DSO) deployment team to support automated deployment and maintenance of Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure through the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Amazon Kubernetes Service (EKS).

- Supporting the operations and maintenance schedule.

Required Skills:

- Must be a US Citizen

- Active Secret clearance. Must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability

- 10+ years of directly relevant systems administration experience including hands-on experience with one or more of the following: Linux preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or 7

- Must have in-depth knowledge of OS installations, security hardening and maintenance

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

- Experience working in AWS via the CLI and management console

Knowledgeable on cloud native capabilities, Identity and Access Management (IAM), certificate management, Virtual Private Network (VPN) access to AWS Virtual Private Clouds  (VPC)  and cloud based security controls

- Solid experience configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)

- Comfortable with building AWS virtual servers from scratch

- Ability to deploy and integrate new applications that may be requested

- Capable of quickly learning new applications that run on various operating systems for testing and deployment

- 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.

- Integration & implementation experience with various services, LDAP, RedHat Identity Management (IDM), NFS, Bind, Apache, and other core technologies

- Familiarity of configuration management

- Experience with Puppet, Chef or Ansible

Desired Skills:

-  Experience working in an agile development environment

- Comfortable with multilevel security systems, SELinux, and/or Cross Domain Solutions is a plus

- Experience with physical and virtual (VMware) RHEL servers including Red Hat Satellite Servers

- Experience with data orchestration software such as Apache NiFi or StreamSets is a plus

- Experience working in DevOps and/or DevSecOps environments

- Experience with technical implementation projects

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

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

AWS certification (cloud, etc.)

Previously part of a leading Fortune 100 company and headquartered in Dulles, VA; Nightwing became independent in 2024 but continues to support the nation’s most mission impactful initiatives.

When we formed Nightwing, we brought a deep set of credentials and an unfaltering commitment to the mission. For over four decades, our team has been providing some of the world’s most technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence support services to the U.S. government on its most important missions.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

The salary range for this role is 130,000 USD - 272,000 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/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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