Prin Systems Engineer - Ops Engineer

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government-issued security clearance (TS/SCI with Polygraph) is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Systems Operations Engineer supporting one of our premier programs within Raytheon, an RTX Business, in the Space Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (SISR) business unit. As part of the Systems Integration and Test (SI&T) organization, you will play a critical role in supporting mission-critical satellite ground system operations. The work is on-site in Las Cruces, NM.

Responsibilities

• Manage baseline software and system installations into operational environments.
• Monitor, track, and report system availability, health, and performance metrics.
• Troubleshoot operational issues, investigate anomalies, and support system recovery efforts to maintain mission readiness.
• Generate weekly, monthly, and ad hoc availability and performance reports for program leadership and government customers.
• Represent the program during technical interchange meetings, operational reviews, and customer briefings.
• Support the resolution of systems engineering, integration, and operational issues across multiple engineering organizations.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to plan, schedule, and execute operational activities.
• Monitor, track, and manage operational workloads while ensuring mission priorities are achieved.
• Provide backup support to technical leadership during customer meetings, operational reviews, and technical briefings.
• Support 24/7 operational activities, including occasional off-hours call-in support as required.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor's Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience supporting systems engineering, operations, or maintenance activities for complex software or hardware systems.
• Experience troubleshooting complex systems, performing root cause analysis, and supporting operational recovery efforts.
• Experience working independently while making sound technical decisions in an operational environment.
• Active and transferable Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) U.S. government-issued security clearance with a current Polygraph is required prior to the start date.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in CI/CD and DevSecOps environments.
• Experience supporting satellite ground system development, integration, or operations.
• Experience supporting mission management ground systems, space-based ISR platforms, or related aerospace and defense programs.
• Experience administering or supporting Linux, particularly Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Experience programming or scripting with Java, C++, Python, or similar languages.
• Experience supporting cloud-based infrastructure and modern computing environments.
• Experience working with Oracle or other enterprise database technologies.
• Experience collaborating with government customers and multi-contractor engineering teams.

Benefits

• 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.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreement).
• Relocation eligible.

Pay

The salary range for this role is 107,500 USD - 204,500 USD.

Schedule

This role supports 24/7 operational activities, including occasional off-hours call-in support as required. Onsite work in Las Cruces, NM.