Principal Database System Administrator

Date Posted:

2024-05-24

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ848: RMS AP Bldg 848 1151 East Hermans Road Building 848, Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

About US: 

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.   

Job Summary: 

Principal Database System Administrators, internally known as Principal Analyst, infrastructure Workplace Services, collaborate with a diverse team to support exciting, critical programs with classified information system capabilities. Success in this role means you are able to develop, implement and maintain secure, cost-efficient environments across various classified programs. Program teams rely on your collaboration and guidance to define computing requirements and create end-to-end solutions to solve complex Database and IT infrastructure problems. 
 

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Typically, requires a Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of experience or 9 years relevant experience.

• Typically, requires Five (5) years of experience in Database Administration, including installation, configuration, and maintenance of RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL) and SQL scripting. 

• 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 ​

• Design, optimize performance, and sustainment of large-scale Oracle and SQL databases, ensuring their compliance, reliability, scalability, and efficient response time. 

• Experience administering Linux based systems to include patching, performance tuning, networking, user management, and security hardening and provide IT systems administration in a heterogeneous Microsoft Windows and Redhat Enterprise Linux environment.  

• Experience with data RAID, data backup uses and technologies. Install and configure software applications requested by end users.  Work with Cybersecurity professionals to maintain security requirements and provide documentation and training on advanced IT processes and procedures and other tasks as assigned.  

• Systems are operational 24x7 and occasionally require work effort beyond standard work hours. 

• Travel required to other US Domestic locations as business needs dictate up to 10% travel. 

• Full time 100% Onsite position 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Windows and Linux operating systems and experience in one of the following: Active Directory, VMware, MySQL, networking administration experience. 

• Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 8140 / 8570 Certification requirements (CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent certification and an Operating System Certification) 

• Experience with NISPOM, JAFAN, JSIG, DFARS and/or DoD/RM and experience working experience in Windows Server 

• Experience with improving database query response performance and optimizing complex Oracle relational databases of significant size (P 1 Petabytes or larger). 

• Experience in developing migration strategies for RDMS systems and automating database processes and experience with Server architectures. 

• Support experience for software engineering teams, including schema development for microservice applications and database bottleneck resolution. 

• Scripting Experience 

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!

RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel opportunity for our employees, our customers, and our communities. We work toward progress, knowing that a more inclusive world is critical to our mission. Not just in this moment, but always.

The salary range for this role is 77,000 USD - 163,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, incl