Sr Systems Administrator

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Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address critical challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, productivity, global urbanization and energy. With approximately 129,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, Honeywell has an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything they make and do. Honeywell has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator for seven years in a row, recognizing the company's global reach of portfolio and invention influence.

In Kansas City, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (FM&T) manages and operates the U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Kansas City National Security Campus. This state-of-the-art engineering, manufacturing and sourcing facility produces a wide array of intricate components to deliver trusted national security products and government services primarily for the NNSA. Honeywell FM&T's culture of integrity, commitment and continuous improvement enables them to deliver responsive, collaborative, and innovative management and technology services and products that translate into cutting edge solutions to complex national security issues.

***This position will be in Kansas City, MO***

Summary of Duties:

• Performs and oversees a variety of functions to ensure Linux infrastructure is available, reliable, and stable
• Applies advanced judgment and analysis in the evaluation, selection, installation, and maintenance of systems software and hardware
• Monitors systems and serves as a focal point for routine support of Linux systems
• Support is generally for large scale systems with high criticality to the business
• Has assignments for multiple areas of the infrastructure and is expected to plan for the future by setting and documenting specific direction of assigned areas

You Must Have:

• U.S. Citizenship needed to obtain and maintain required US Dept. of Energy "Q"-level security clearance
• Experienced professional with preferably more than 5 years of practical experience in a systems engineer role and 0-2 years of project or technical consultant responsibility
• Bachelor's degree in the field of Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, with a minimum of 24 semester hours of computer-related courses, two additional years of direct work experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree
• Certifications desired

We Value:

• Advanced knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, peripheral devices, and workstations
• Responsible for expertise in computing systems, hardware, software, operational, security and support issues
• Independent ability to quickly analyze, isolate and diagnose complex problems, recommend remedial actions, and implement resolution
• Apply advanced technical methodologies to the computing infrastructure, monitor operating efficiencies, performance tuning and assist in capacity planning
• Review, evaluate and recommend new or upgraded systems software packages and related hardware, based on established standards.
• Develop detailed implementation plans based on the architectural plans and complete implementation
• Install new or enhanced applications and/or hardware; assist in the installation of servers
• Manage medium to large enterprise projects according to division standards and requirements
• Transform business requirements into technical architecture requirements and design application architectures, which are scalable, robust, and manageable, while balancing the price/performance
• Conduct activities in a safe and healthy manner and works in accordance with established HS&E requirements
• Demonstrated experience with and understanding of cyber security concepts
• Knowledge and experience with concepts regarding high availability, clustering, load balancing, backup and recovery, web services, application servers, and database systems and demonstrated ability to apply them appropriately to the business
• Proven ability to mentor peers to better results and identify appropriate training to improve team's technical bench strength
• Innovative, self-motivated, and able to interact with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrate strong verbal, written, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Innovative, self-motivated, and able to interact with all levels of the organization

FMT2021
Additional Information

• Category: Information Technology
• Location: 14520 Botts Road, Kansas City, MO 64147 USA
• Exempt
• Must have or be eligible for a security clearance due to contractual requirements.

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