Senior Systems Engineer, Defense IT & Cyber Ops

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 107,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in Lynchburg, VA seeks a Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer to implement, support, and design standardized configurations for VMware, Windows, and Linux platforms within the LMR system.

You’ll work with networking and cybersecurity architectures and occasionally support internal LMR applications and hardware. The role requires collaboration with customers, vendors and Harris personnel to meet contractual commitments; strong troubleshooting, leadership, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years related experience; graduate degree with 4+ years.
• Alternative: 10+ years related experience in lieu of a degree.
• 2+ years’ experience with RF, system design, networking, configuration, and system programming.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 3 and Tier 4 technical support to internal teams and external customers.
• Identify field issues, isolate root causes, and initiate corrective actions for fielded systems.
• Collaborate with system engineers, program managers, and field engineers on infrastructure activities.
• Escalate issues and interface with vendor TACs to resolve issues.
• Apply cybersecurity policies to support the integrity of LMR system products.
• Perform cybersecurity operations to maintain security posture of solutions.
• Partner with product engineering teams to identify vulnerabilities in hardware/software.
• Support reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical systems.

Skills

RF experience

System design

Networking

System programming

Virtualization

Server administration

Windows OS

RHEL / Linux

Cyber technologies

Scripting

AI skills

Certifications

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

LMR field experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Graduate Degree

10+ years experience substitute

Tools

Virtualization platforms

Windows Server

RHEL / Linux

Networking tools

Security tools

Job description

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in Lynchburg, VA seeks a Senior Specialist, Systems Engineer to implement, support, and design standardized configurations for VMware, Windows, and Linux platforms within the LMR system.

You’ll work with networking and cybersecurity architectures and occasionally support internal LMR applications and hardware. The role requires collaboration with customers, vendors and Harris personnel to meet contractual commitments; strong troubleshooting, leadership, and