Remote Senior Systems Architect - DoD Secret Linux

Pratt & Whitney; United States; Remote; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Senior Multi-Disciplined Systems Architect to spearhead cybersecurity mitigation and system hardening across Linux environments. The role demands a strong background in RHEL administration, NetApp storage, and DoD security standards, with active Secret clearance and U.S.

citizenship. The position is remote, reporting to the San Jose, CA office, and involves collaboration with cyber, operations, supply chain, and legal teams to fulfill mission objectives while maintaining audit

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to administer RHEL 7/8/9 (systemd, firewalld, SELinux).
• Experience with NetApp enterprise storage and DoD security standards.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain Secret DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and implement cybersecurity mitigation strategies across Linux IT resources per NIST-800-171.
• Collaborate with Cyber teams to monitor system availability, performance, and logs.
• Build automation workflows using industry standards and Ansible.
• Manage hardware/software issues across physical and virtualized environments (VMware).
• Coordinate with operations, supply chain, and legal teams to support mission objectives.
• Support audit readiness and respond to vulnerability findings.
• Mentor junior system administrators and guide incident response.
• Utilize ticketing systems to resolve end-user incidents.
• Travel up to 15%.

Job description

RTX is seeking a Senior Multi-Disciplined Systems Architect to spearhead cybersecurity mitigation and system hardening across Linux environments. The role demands a strong background in RHEL administration, NetApp storage, and DoD security standards, with active Secret clearance and U.S.

citizenship. The position is remote, reporting to the San Jose, CA office, and involves collaboration with cyber, operations, supply chain, and legal teams to fulfill mission objectives while maintaining audit