Senior Principal Windows System Administrator

El Segundo, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 224000 - 224000

Posted on: 26-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

CA323: 2000 E Imperial Hwy Bldg R01 2000 East Imperial Highway Building R01 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: Top 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 todays mission and stay ahead of tomorrows threat. Our team solves tough meaningful problems that create a safer more secure world.

What You Will Do:

Share technical expertise and mentor a team of SystemAdministrators to ensure the confidentiality integrity and availability of IT systems and applications within their assigned area
Develop leadership in resource management interview talent train team members onboard new hires and mentor
Oversee administrators whose duties may include setting up administrator and service accounts maintaining system documentation tuning system performance installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.
Develop and monitor policies standards processes and goals
Coordinate administrative support for training development evaluations operations and sustainment plans
Participate in Change Request reviews and Change Management across multiple programs and functional teams
Coordinate technical and process document reviews and resolve system administration engineering and integration issues
Participate in technical meetings with team members program personnel and represent the IT organization in functional area matters.

Qualifications You Must Have:

Typically requires a University degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and a minimum of 5 years experience.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top 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 Active Directory Microsoft Server WSUS Server Virtualization (Hyper-V VMware) Group Policy Backup and Recovery.
Provide IT systems administration in a Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment.
Experience leading technical teams including prioritization of tasks and projects remediation of time sensitive issues and escalation as appropriate.
Experience interfacing with senior executives and high-level third party stakeholders.
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.
Travel Requirements - Travel required to other US Domestic locations as business needs dictate. Up to 10% per year.
Full time 100% Onsite position.

Qualifications We Prefer:

Experience managing large Storage environments (HPE MSA NetApp).
Experience with Ivanti Symantec Splunk Tenable and Nessus products.
Experience working with NISPOM JAFAN JSIG DFARS and/or DoD/RMF and handling classified information.
Experience in the following areas: Patch management vulnerability remediation High Performance Computing operating system upgrades computer security system monitoring and logging
Storage Area Network (SAN) Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems and NetApp
Experience leading geographically dispersed teams.
Experience using VMWare vCenter vSphere and ESX and/or other virtual computing methods and Horizon

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.

Learn More & Apply Now!

As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process candidates may be asked to attendselect 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.

The salary range for this role is 112000 USD - 224000 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 candidates 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 companys 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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Date Posted:Country:United States of AmericaLocation:CA323: 2000 E Imperial Hwy Bldg R01 2000 East Imperial Highway Building R01 El Segundo CA 90245 USAPosition Role Type:OnsiteU.S. Citizen U.S. Person or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security cleara...